at bottom
Example Sentences
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This was, he insisted, “essentially a democratic philosophy” because “even the Constitution is, at bottom, at bottom, a democratic document.”
From Washington Post
Northampton put the pressure on play-off rivals London Irish as they did a professional demolition job to run in 10 tries at bottom club Newcastle.
From BBC
Well, “Phantom” was at bottom an operetta too, yet even in an obsolete genre has run on Broadway for 35 years.
From New York Times
“For me, at bottom, it is simply a source of joy.”
From Washington Post
The great die-off is, at bottom, a form of self-sacrifice to an angry pagan idol that can never be propitiated.
From Salon
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
