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utmost

[uht-mohst, -muhst] / ˈʌtˌmoʊst, -məst /


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Many readers will remember that Arundhati Roy explored the lives of hijra in her swirling 2017 novel, “The Ministry of Utmost Happiness.”

From Washington Post • Jun. 15, 2020

“I think the two of us leaned on each other quite a bit, helped each other out a lot as young coaches and developing into wherever we are right now. ... Utmost respect for him.”

From Reuters • Sep. 19, 2018

There’s a quote from James Baldwin in The Ministry of Utmost Happiness: “And they would not believe me precisely because they would know that what I said was true.”

From The Guardian • Jun. 17, 2018

This is the novel’s greatest weakness, because unlike The God of Small Things, The Ministry of Utmost Happiness isn’t knit together by the tight bonds of kinship.

From Slate • Jun. 19, 2017

Utmost constraint at first marked the expression of both man and woman, and it was left for Martin to break the silence, for Chris only started at seeing him, but said nothing.

From Children of the Mist by Phillpotts, Eden




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