utmost extent
Example Sentences
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But with a 16-year playoff drought that has become an oversized albatross that haunts every fan, it’s a goal well worth pursuing to the utmost extent.
From Seattle Times • May 25, 2018
"This power, like all others vested in Congress, is complete in itself, may be exercised to its utmost extent, and acknowledges no limitations, other than are prescribed in the Constitution."
From Time • Feb. 2, 2011
There was an old woman called Nothing-at-all, Who rejoiced in a dwelling exceedingly small; A man stretched his mouth to its utmost extent, And down at one gulp house and old woman went.
From The Big Book of Nursery Rhymes by Various
All the family are only too kind to me, which only makes me the more anxious to use my one talent to the utmost extent.
From Miss Ellis's Mission by Smith, Mary P. Wells
He wanted so much cloth; stretching out his long arms to their utmost extent, fully two yards.
From Blazing The Way True Stories, Songs and Sketches of Puget Sound by Denny, Emily Inez
