last expedient
Example Sentences
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The turn had come for the last expedient.
From The Half-Hearted by Buchan, John
By this last expedient he at once placed thirty feet of water between the boat and the Montauk, a space that the Arabs had no means of overcoming.
From Homeward Bound or, the Chase by Cooper, James Fenimore
John had to fall back upon his last expedient.
From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 07 by Johnson, Rossiter
The hopelessness of their situation was without resource—without mitigation; they had exhausted their last expedient.
From The Man Who Laughs by Hugo, Victor
It is the last expedient in the administration of penal laws; when it fails, the case is considered hopeless.
From The History of Tasmania , Volume II by West, John
