last expedient
Example Sentences
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By this last expedient he at once placed thirty feet of water between the boat and the Montauk, a space that the Arabs had no means of overcoming.
From Homeward Bound or, the Chase by Cooper, James Fenimore
At length the Spaniards had recourse to their last expedient: the wild cattle were let loose upon the rear of the freebooters.
From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 12 by Rudd, John
As a last expedient, she opened her book, plunged into the work, and gave in the hearing of Mrs. Eldridge a few of its wonderful sentences.
From Opportunities by Warner, Susan
As a last expedient I bethought myself of a dog-fight as the means of scattering the mob, and sent around the corner to organize one.
From The Children of the Poor by Riis, Jacob A. (Jacob August)
He had tried every imaginable remedy, and now, as a last expedient, was about to take her to her paternal home in the South, to see what native air might do.
From The Roof of France by Betham-Edwards, Matilda
