Example sentences for: quid

How can you use “quid” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • A piece argues that despite David Duke's pariah status on the national level, he has won favor among Louisiana Republicans with a slick combination of race-baiting and shady quid pro quos.

  • Among them: Clinton's 1992 promise to ban soft money; his claim that other presidents have used the same fund-raising tactics; and his assertion that there was no quid pro quo for donors.

  • Although the alleged quid pro quo was the helping to cover up the sex, rather than the sex itself (and although Lewinsky never actually enjoyed the alleged payoff), the articles of impeachment nevertheless assume that Flytrap is about an exchange of favors.

  • (Spending limits for presidential campaigns were allowed as a quid pro quo for accepting federal funds.)

  • Instead, there was the surprise quartum quid of the Albanian negotiators saying they "understood and accepted" the proffered Western peace plan but would take a few weeks off to check in with the home folks before signing anything.


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