last expedient
Example Sentences
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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 Matilda Betham-Edwards
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
Instances have occurred of a tiger being caught by one of the former modes, which had many marks in his body of the partial success of this last expedient.
From The History of Sumatra Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And Manners Of The Native Inhabitants by William Marsden
Why do I not try the last expedient which I can use against her?
From The Dramatic Works of G. E. Lessing Miss Sara Sampson, Philotas, Emilia Galotti, Nathan the Wise by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
The hopelessness of their situation was without resource—without mitigation; they had exhausted their last expedient.
From The Man Who Laughs by Victor Hugo
