How to Use no quarter in a Sentence
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Cindric and Blaney teamed up, but Wallace gave no quarter during the final lap.
—Edgar Thompson, orlandosentinel.com, 20 Feb. 2022
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The problem is that the key segment of the PCSK9 protein is largely flat, providing no quarter for small-molecule drugs that might bind to its surface and shut it down.
—Damian Garde, STAT, 13 Jan. 2021
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The Americans accepted the challenge, and no quarter should be taken on either side.
—Zach Zorich, New York Times, 8 Aug. 2022
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The strength of democracy is the principle that everyone should be treated equally, that elections should be free and fair, that corruption should be given no quarter.
—CNN, 6 Jan. 2022
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Given the trajectory of American right and our politics as a whole, there can be absolutely no quarter for such arguments.
—Osita Nwanevu, The New Republic, 28 Feb. 2022
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Meanwhile, the Palestinian tricolor stripe overlaid by a red triangle as well as the black flag signaling no quarter hang in private homes and wave defiantly at demonstrations.
—Alissa Simon, Variety, 22 Nov. 2022
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Trading insults with Greene gives her more oxygen while alienating Mace from conservatives who want their representatives to give liberals no quarter.
—W. James Antle Iii, The Week, 3 Dec. 2021
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