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

This matter has been already regulated in the 5th and 6th Articles of the Provisional Treaty, to the utmost extent of our powers.

From The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Volume X (of 12) by Various

There was an old woman called Nothing-at-all, Who rejoiced in a dwelling exceedingly small; A man stretched his mouth to its utmost extent, And down at one gulp house and old woman went.

From The Big Book of Nursery Rhymes by Various

Let it be magnified to the utmost extent, it is still only magnified, not metamorphosed.

From The Essential Faith of the Universal Church Deduced from the Sacred Records by Martineau, Harriet