furthermost

Example Sentences

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During the several decades of the cold war, however, the exigencies of the east-west rivalry had offered a reason to throttle down impulses to explore freedom’s furthermost boundaries.

From The Guardian • Jan. 7, 2020

After a crisis of faith, the 17-year-old Noe is shipped off to stay with his grandparents in western Ireland, to “the drowning edge of the furthermost that was Faha.”

From Washington Times • Dec. 23, 2019

What I did find, in the bottom drawer of the furthermost cabinet, was a green plastic bag.

From The Guardian • Apr. 8, 2017

I point across the night to the furthermost building, barely lit up.

From "We Are Okay" by Nina LaCour

But during the bright day when the soldiers searched the street he slept safely in the furthermost corner of the hut behind a pile of straw O-lan gathered to make a shield for him.

From "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck