stick at nothing

Example Sentences

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You appear to people who don't know you as a most conventional man. but you really stick at nothing and regret little.

From Time Magazine Archive

Possibly Jerry had paid Tenney for his week, and although Raven's own diplomacy would stick at nothing, he preferred to act in good faith, possibly so that he might act the better.

From Old Crow by Brown, Alice

He was the sort of man to stick at nothing, and Koulikoff showed that his scent was good, when he pitched on this man to be an accomplice in his flight.

From The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor

I meant to stick at nothing, to satisfy him whatever he asked—and I was going to lie.

From East of the Shadows by Barclay, Hubert, Mrs.

"Then in such a case you will stick at nothing to plow your way out?"

From The Blind Mother and The Last Confession by Caine, Hall, Sir