hilt
Example Sentences
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Clarke now warns that too many people are having to "mortgage themselves up to the hilt" for homes on new estates that are not always well built and with poor access to local services.
From BBC
The production, directed by Sam Pinkleton, plays this delirious situation to the comic hilt.
From Los Angeles Times
Strahovski excels at playing white woman privilege to the hilt, and never as much as when she finds herself back on top, ready to evangelize for women’s oppression yet again.
From Salon
In statements and interviews, government officials insist the army is on the attack against rebels, whom they call terrorists, and Iranian emissaries have pledged to back Assad to the hilt.
From Los Angeles Times
The performers are encouraged to play their roles to the comic hilt.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
