Thesaurus / whole nine yards

whole nine yards

How to use whole nine yards in a sentence

You would not think it too much to set the whole province in flames so that you could have your way with this wretched child.

Now, it immediately occurred to Davy that he had never in his whole life had all the plums he wanted at any one time.

In nine days he returned, bringing us the thanks of congress, and fresh orders.

But Polavieja started his campaign with the immense advantage of having the whole of the dry season before him.

All changes are to be Rang either by walking them (as the term is) or else Whole-pulls, or Half-pulls.

The plant as a whole remains green until late in the autumn.

Then Paterno adroitly brought matters to a crisis in a bold peroration which changed the whole scene.

M'Bongo and his whole court are now clothed, I am happy to say, at least to a certain extent.

We were now masters of the whole country, and the war was apparently at an end.

Had not this Indian plant been discovered, the whole history of some portions of America would have been far different.

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OCTOBER 26, 1985