utmost extent

Example Sentences

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But with a 16-year playoff drought that has become an oversized albatross that haunts every fan, it’s a goal well worth pursuing to the utmost extent.

From Seattle Times • May 25, 2018

"This power, like all others vested in Congress, is complete in itself, may be exercised to its utmost extent, and acknowledges no limitations, other than are prescribed in the Constitution."

From Time • Feb. 2, 2011

But I must warn you, girls, that I have compromised to the utmost extent of my power, and that I intend to plant myself on the old stair carpet in determined resistance.

From Household Papers and Stories by Stowe, Harriet Beecher

When the ribs have been raised to the utmost extent, with a slight effort push yourself back to the more erect position, allowing the ribs to recoil to their former position.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 1: Deposition to Eberswalde by Various

All the family are only too kind to me, which only makes me the more anxious to use my one talent to the utmost extent.

From Miss Ellis's Mission by Smith, Mary P. Wells