last expedient
Example Sentences
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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
It had been her last expedient to revive the old love, to rekindle the dead ashes of the smouldering fire.
From Vera Nevill Or, Poor Wisdom's Chance by Cameron, H. Lovett, Mrs.
The hopelessness of their situation was without resource—without mitigation; they had exhausted their last expedient.
From The Man Who Laughs by Hugo, Victor
To search the sea-ports personally he regarded as a last expedient.
From The Waif of the "Cynthia" by Laurie, André
There was no time to halt themselves, to evade the three, and with a mutual instinct Lanier and Randall seized together the last expedient open to them.
From Astounding Stories, April, 1931 by Various
