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

His dread, however, of being an idle servant, induced him to continue his efforts to the utmost extent.

From Memorials of the Independent Churches in Northamptonshire with biographical notices of their pastors, and some account of the puritan ministers who laboured in the county. by Coleman, Thomas

Notwithstanding this mass of evidence the scholars of Werner were prepared to support his opinions to their utmost extent; maintaining, in the fulness of their faith, that even obsidian was an aqueous precipitate.

From Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology by Lyell, Charles, Sir

Then all rose, and launched forth in one of those ancient pieces of church harmony, "Coronation;" every voice and instrument letting itself go to its utmost extent.

From The Puddleford Papers, Or Humors of the West by Riley, H. H.