from stern to stern
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At the same moment there was a shock that sent all hands reeling, the Adventurer quivered from stern to stern, and then, after a moment no longer than a heart-beat, lurched forward again.
From The Adventure Club Afloat by Barbour, Ralph Henry
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
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
We knew to a certainty that we would have fierce rapids to run and sometimes we would be awash from stern to stern.
From The Frontier Boys in the Grand Canyon A Search for Treasure by Roosevelt, Wyn
The furious pulsations of the engines had stopped, and from stern to stern the great ship was one mass of soothing flame.
From Adrift in the Wilds or, The Adventures of Two Shipwrecked Boys by Ellis, Edward Sylvester
