from stern to stern
Example Sentences
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She cal’lates New York’s nothin’ but a sham from stern to stern, manned by liars and swindlers and hypocrites and officered by thieves.
From Cap'n Warren's Wards by Lincoln, Joseph Crosby
None of your featherweight, gas-lightened, paper-thin alloy shells, but toughened aluminum from stern to stern.
From Friend Island by Stevens, Francis
Crackers were served out, and for two hours there was a tremendous racket from stern to stern, among the younger boys.
From Outward Bound Or, Young America Afloat by Optic, Oliver
He caused the vessel to be searched from stern to stern; ransacked every stateroom under the plausible theory that the jewels might be concealed anywhere, except in the thief's own room.
From The Extraordinary Adventures of Arsene Lupin, Gentleman-Burglar by Leblanc, Maurice
The Fortuna shook and quivered from stern to stern.
From Boy Scouts in Southern Waters by Ralphson, G. Harvey (George Harvey)
