last expedient
Example Sentences
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Why do I not try the last expedient which I can use against her?
From The Dramatic Works of G. E. Lessing Miss Sara Sampson, Philotas, Emilia Galotti, Nathan the Wise by Lessing, Gotthold Ephraim
It was rather doubtful, however, from the number and size of the ships in sight, whether we should not find it necessary to have recourse to the last expedient.
From James Braithwaite, the Supercargo The Story of his Adventures Ashore and Afloat by Dugdale, Thomas Cantrell
The turn had come for the last expedient.
From The Half-Hearted by Buchan, John
John had to fall back upon his last expedient.
From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 07 by Johnson, Rossiter
When all arguments failed," says Miss Chesney, breaking into a gay laugh, as recollection crowds upon her, "I proposed one last expedient that nearly drove auntie wild with horror.
From Airy Fairy Lilian by Margaret Wolfe Hamilton (AKA Duchess)
