last expedient
Example Sentences
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To search the sea-ports personally he regarded as a last expedient.
From The Waif of the "Cynthia" by Laurie, André
It had been her last expedient to revive the old love, to rekindle the dead ashes of the smouldering fire.
From Vera Nevill Or, Poor Wisdom's Chance by Cameron, H. Lovett, Mrs.
The last expedient which the minds of men could invent for putting the slavery question in the position of a purely local matter had been tried, and had utterly and miserably failed.
From The Middle Period 1817-1858 by Burgess, John William
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 Cooper, James Fenimore
Yet neither percentage, nor tenths, nor sacrilegious spoils, sufficed to meet his expenses; and, as a last expedient, the coin was debased, and irreparable injury inflicted on the country.
From An Illustrated History of Ireland from AD 400 to 1800 by Cusack, Mary Frances
