last expedient
Example Sentences
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When all arguments failed," says Miss Chesney, breaking into a gay laugh, as recollection crowds upon her, "I proposed one last expedient that nearly drove auntie wild with horror.
From Airy Fairy Lilian by Margaret Wolfe Hamilton (AKA Duchess)
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)
The turn had come for the last expedient.
From The Half-Hearted by Buchan, John
Diana who sees Cesar approaching, determines to try a last expedient, in order to humble his pride.
From The Standard Operaglass Detailed Plots of One Hundred and Fifty-one Celebrated Operas by Annesley, Charles, pseud.
He saw, by objects on the land, that he still approached the shore, and he had recourse to the seaman's last expedient.
From The Water-Witch or, the Skimmer of the Seas by Cooper, James Fenimore
