in extremis

Example Sentences

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Bond holdings are concentrated in domestic pension funds and life insurers, and in extremis the BoJ could resume buying itself.

From Barron's • Feb. 10, 2026

And to many of his fellow drivers, Verstappen can drive in extremis in a manner they do not find acceptable.

From BBC • Dec. 6, 2024

This is the animating principle behind Teen Line, which connects children and adolescents in extremis with trained volunteers from Los Angeles high schools.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 30, 2023

Cline’s last novel, “The Girls,” was a psychological portrait of women in a Manson-like cult, and she brings the same perception and sensitivity to young women in extremis to this new work of fiction.

From New York Times • May 1, 2023

Every planetary nebula is a token of a star in extremis.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan