in extremis
Example Sentences
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Bond holdings are concentrated in domestic pension funds and life insurers, and in extremis the BoJ could resume buying itself.
From Barron's ● Feb. 10, 2026
And to many of his fellow drivers, Verstappen can drive in extremis in a manner they do not find acceptable.
From BBC ● Dec. 6, 2024
Realize that something was deeply wrong, that no patient should be in extremis like this?
From Slate ● Aug. 7, 2023
She spends much of her segment in extremis: absorbing a medical trauma, howling to save her life, ferally masticating arugula in some kind of furious fugue state.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 1, 2022
Unfortunately, when he found himself in extremis at the board and called on his chess muse to save him, there was no answer.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
