last expedient
Example Sentences
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The hopelessness of their situation was without resource—without mitigation; they had exhausted their last expedient.
From The Man Who Laughs by Hugo, Victor
Andrews bitterly regretted afterwards that this last expedient was not tried.
From Capturing a Locomotive A History of Secrect Service in the Late War. by Pittenger, William
We never guessed the real cause, never saw that he was driven to his last expedient, and obliged to prejudice all his hope of success by precipitancy.
From Barrington Volume II (of II) by Lever, Charles James
It was bold, because it was the last expedient for an amicable adjustment, and because its failure must necessarily lead to very serious and immediate consequences.
From The Works of Daniel Webster, Volume 1 by Webster, Daniel
But an hour after time the balloon still rested inert and then, with fine resolution, Lunardi tried one last expedient.
From The Dominion of the Air; the story of aerial navigation by Bacon, John Mackenzie
