hilt
Example Sentences
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It spins on its hilt, slicing me free from the webbing.
From Literature
Clarke now warns that too many people are having to "mortgage themselves up to the hilt" for homes on new estates that are not always well built and with poor access to local services.
From BBC
The production, directed by Sam Pinkleton, plays this delirious situation to the comic hilt.
From Los Angeles Times
The performers are encouraged to play their roles to the comic hilt.
From Los Angeles Times
Still, he was a perfect match for Yang, who played Santos to the hilt in various appearances on Weekend Update and in opening sketches.
From New York Times
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