last expedient
Example Sentences
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Nay, on this second thought's rehearsing the last expedient seemed the better of the two, since thus the plot would come to naught and we would be the gainers by the capture of the powder.
From The Master of Appleby A Novel Tale Concerning Itself in Part with the Great Struggle in the Two Carolinas; but Chiefly with the Adventures Therein of Two Gentlemen Who Loved One and the Same Lady by Francis Lynde
To search the sea-ports personally he regarded as a last expedient.
From The Waif of the "Cynthia" by André Laurie
But before having recourse to this last expedient I would make another attempt to go against the wind and the current.
From Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 Vol. I by Fridtjof Nansen
The turn had come for the last expedient.
From The Half-Hearted by John Buchan
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 Susan Warner
