last expedient
Example Sentences
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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 Marsden, William
The turn had come for the last expedient.
From The Half-Hearted by Buchan, John
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 Dugdale, Thomas Cantrell
To search the sea-ports personally he regarded as a last expedient.
From The Waif of the "Cynthia" by Laurie, André
When all arguments failed," says Miss Chesney, breaking into a gay laugh, as recollection crowds upon her, "I proposed one last expedient that nearly drove auntie wild with horror.
From Airy Fairy Lilian by Margaret Wolfe Hamilton (AKA Duchess)
