How to Use quid pro quo in a Sentence

quid pro quo

noun

• Mr Trump explained the quid pro quo at the heart of the show.
  — The Economist, 12 July 2018
• So for the soon-to-be bride and groom, think soul, not quid pro quo.
  — Carolyn Hax, Detroit Free Press, 20 Sep. 2017
• This is quite clear quid pro quo, and doesn’t sound like there is much doubt.
  — Tyler Kingkade, Town & Country, 13 Mar. 2019
• Both sides say there was no quid pro quo — no deals for votes.
  — Washington Post, 5 June 2018
• Perlman takes the view there was no quid pro quo in the Ukraine affair.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 24 Oct. 2019
• After all, the court said, that scheme doesn’t involve a quid pro quo.
  — Michael Linhorst, The New Republic, 5 Oct. 2022
• The quid pro quo is that the U.K. must accept all of the EU’s rules while losing any say in how they are made.
  — Ian Wishart, Bloomberg.com, 27 Sep. 2017
• And at the same time, the court has steadily restricted what counts as quid pro quo.
  — Michael Linhorst, The New Republic, 5 Oct. 2022
• In Ankara, officials said the waiver wasn’t part of a quid pro quo.
  — David Gauthier-Villars, WSJ, 6 Nov. 2018
• The quid pro quo is the downside risk gets magnified in the same manner.
  — Michael Szalontay, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2021
• The quid pro quo for strict rules was a politicised process of enforcement.
  — The Economist, 31 Oct. 2020
• The Court requires a specific kind of quid pro quo that didn’t take place.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 30 Jan. 2020
• Blakely told the jury that the arrangement wasn’t a quid pro quo.
  — Ashley Remkus | [e-mail], al, 29 July 2021
• But both ideas would be expressed in Latin by quid pro quo—or so scholars think.
  — Anthony Grant, Quartz, 25 Nov. 2019
• And discussing quid pro quo, or extortion or bribery, leads right to Joe and Hunter Biden.
  — John Kass, Twin Cities, 17 Dec. 2019
• Hope is no pushover, and is well-versed on the proper way to shut down some creep asking for a quid pro quo exchange.
  — Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 15 Aug. 2024
• The charge, if true, would undermine Trump’s core defense that there was no quid pro quo.
  — cleveland, 27 Jan. 2020
• There was no quid pro quo, no bribery, no extortion, no crime, and no abuse of power.
  — Howard Koplowitz | [e-mail], al, 19 Dec. 2019
• The quid pro quo arrangement works for submersibles, too.
  — Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 6 Aug. 2024
• The statement that Rudy was demanding was a quid pro quo for a White House visit, there was no doubt about that.
  — The Washington Post, oregonlive, 13 Oct. 2019
• But none have come close to Trump’s unvarnished quid pro quo on spending.
  — Alexander Smith, NBC News, 23 Feb. 2024
• Republicans have argued there was no quid pro quo in the Trump phone call.
  — John Kass, Twin Cities, 28 Nov. 2019
• When Tehran stepped up, the Mullahs surely insisted on a quid pro quo.
  — Melik Kaylan, Forbes, 13 Nov. 2023
• Most Nicaraguans appeared content or resigned to the quid pro quo—until now.
  — Juan Montes, WSJ, 6 June 2018
• Yet according to the police, the two foes held friendly meetings to discuss a quid pro quo.
  — Gregg Carlstrom, Newsweek, 15 Mar. 2018
• Gildea said there was no quid pro quo involved in the tribe’s support of Derby’s application to the state.
  — Pat Eaton-Robb, courant.com, 31 Mar. 2022
• Biden was actually guilty of the Ukrainian quid pro quo bragging about it to the world on the internet.
  — Letters To The Editor, Orange County Register, 30 Jan. 2024
• For decades, a quid pro quo of sorts kept both sides relatively content.
  — Washington Post, 6 Feb. 2020
• Many of the values Jesus taught didn’t include the quid pro quo of successful business.
  — WSJ, 26 Oct. 2022
• James’s predecessor, Elizabeth I, was a master of the arts of quid pro quo monopoly, and in 1601 Parliament launched a broad assault on her system of control.
  — Andrew Cockburn, Harper's Magazine, 20 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 19 Nov 2024