from stern to stern
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A sound far louder than thunder shakes the Pride from stern to stern.
From As We Sweep Through The Deep by Stables, Gordon
As the seas permitted, we could see her, riding and rocking, sometimes, alight from stern to stern and making a gallant fight for her life, as were we all.
From The Lady and the Pirate Being the Plain Tale of a Diligent Pirate and a Fair Captive by Mathes, Harry A.
For an instant the Miséricorde reeled in her course and quivered from stern to stern.
From Sir Ludar A Story of the Days of the Great Queen Bess by Reed, Talbot Baines
He caused the vessel to be searched from stern to stern; ransacked every stateroom under the plausible theory that the jewels might be concealed anywhere, except in the thief's own room.
From The Extraordinary Adventures of Arsene Lupin, Gentleman-Burglar by Leblanc, Maurice
None of your featherweight, gas-lightened, paper-thin alloy shells, but toughened aluminum from stern to stern.
From Friend Island by Stevens, Francis