How to Use quid pro quo in a Sentence

quid pro quo

noun

• Both sides say there was no quid pro quo — no deals for votes.
  — Washington Post, 5 June 2018
• The quid pro quo made total sense to me.
  — Kevin Brazil, Harpers Magazine, 9 June 2026
• 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
• Adams has denied any quid pro quo took place to drop the charges.
  — Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 28 Sep. 2025
• There's no clear evidence of quid pro quo.
  — Maria Gavrilovic, CBS News, 17 Nov. 2025
• After all, the court said, that scheme doesn’t involve a quid pro quo.
  — Michael Linhorst, The New Republic, 5 Oct. 2022
• Once the meeting started, there was no mention of any quid pro quo.
  — Ray Long, Chicago Tribune, 7 Oct. 2024
• Perlman takes the view there was no quid pro quo in the Ukraine affair.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 24 Oct. 2019
• The quid pro quo for strict rules was a politicised process of enforcement.
  — The Economist, 31 Oct. 2020
• And at the same time, the court has steadily restricted what counts as quid pro quo.
  — Michael Linhorst, The New Republic, 5 Oct. 2022
• But both ideas would be expressed in Latin by quid pro quo—or so scholars think.
  — Anthony Grant, Quartz, 25 Nov. 2019
• There was no quid pro quo, no bribery, no extortion, no crime, and no abuse of power.
  — Howard Koplowitz | [email protected], al, 19 Dec. 2019
• The quid pro quo is the downside risk gets magnified in the same manner.
  — Michael Szalontay, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2021
• Adams has denied the charges and allegations of any quid pro quo.
  — Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 13 Mar. 2025
• Blakely told the jury that the arrangement wasn’t a quid pro quo.
  — Ashley Remkus | [email protected], al, 29 July 2021
• In Ankara, officials said the waiver wasn’t part of a quid pro quo.
  — David Gauthier-Villars, WSJ, 6 Nov. 2018
• For decades, a quid pro quo of sorts kept both sides relatively content.
  — Washington Post, 6 Feb. 2020
• The Court requires a specific kind of quid pro quo that didn’t take place.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 30 Jan. 2020
• But none have come close to Trump’s unvarnished quid pro quo on spending.
  — Alexander Smith, NBC News, 23 Feb. 2024
• 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
• But again, there was no quid pro quo for this apart from friendship, admiration, and love for the man.
  — David Frum, The Atlantic, 25 Mar. 2026
• For instance, one charge, a quid pro quo trade of favors, is incredibly hard to prove.
  — Chrissie Thompson, Cincinnati.com, 8 Apr. 2018
• Most Nicaraguans appeared content or resigned to the quid pro quo—until now.
  — Juan Montes, WSJ, 6 June 2018
• In the Christian version, a quid pro quo balance seems implied.
  — Michael Isaacson, Sun Sentinel, 6 Jan. 2026
• If the expenditure is independent, then there is no risk of a quid pro quo.
  — Lawrence Lessig, Time, 30 Apr. 2026
• Yet according to the police, the two foes held friendly meetings to discuss a quid pro quo.
  — Gregg Carlstrom, Newsweek, 15 Mar. 2018
• In some instances, the interaction may have a veneer of consent, or of quid pro quo.
  — Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 18 Feb. 2026
• Another colleague could claim, for example, that a quid pro quo is the only way to get ahead.
  — Deborah Acosta, WSJ, 15 Jan. 2021
• The merger has since been approved, a move some critics characterized as a quid pro quo.
  — Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 6 Aug. 2025