last expedient
Example Sentences
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By this last expedient he at once placed thirty feet of water between the boat and the Montauk, a space that the Arabs had no means of overcoming.
From Homeward Bound or, the Chase by Cooper, James Fenimore
The last expedient which the minds of men could invent for putting the slavery question in the position of a purely local matter had been tried, and had utterly and miserably failed.
From The Middle Period 1817-1858 by Burgess, John William
It was bold, because it was the last expedient for an amicable adjustment, and because its failure must necessarily lead to very serious and immediate consequences.
From The Works of Daniel Webster, Volume 1 by Webster, Daniel
Then a last expedient suggested itself to his fertile mind.
From The Camp in the Snow, or, Besieged by Danger by Graydon, William Murray
He saw, by objects on the land, that he still approached the shore, and he had recourse to the seaman's last expedient.
From The Water-Witch or, the Skimmer of the Seas by Cooper, James Fenimore
