last expedient
Example Sentences
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The last expedient was proposed by their general.
From Historic Tales, vol 10 (of 15) The Romance of Reality by Charles Morris
John had to fall back upon his last expedient.
From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 07 by Rossiter Johnson
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 James Fenimore Cooper
It was rather doubtful, however, from the number and size of the ships in sight, whether we should not find it necessary to have recourse to the last expedient.
From James Braithwaite, the Supercargo The Story of his Adventures Ashore and Afloat by Thomas Cantrell Dugdale
From that time matters beginning to look worse and worse, he considered it, as his last expedient, to address Cromwel himself.
From The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753) Volume IV by Theophilus Cibber
