How To Use Utmost In A Sentence

In all things, even till this instant, (being the utmost period of my life) I have evermore found my Fathers love most effectuall to me; but now it appeareth farre greater, then at any time heretofore: and therefore from my mouth, thou must deliver him the latest thankes that ever I shall give him, for sending me such an honourable present. The Decameron
This is a moment of utmost gravity for the world.
My brother-in-law went into another room, and madame de Bearn began to unswathe her foot in my presence with the utmost caution and tenderness. Memoirs of the Comtesse Du Barry, with minute details of her entire career as favorite of Louis XV. Written by herself
He visited many speakeasies, “from mere drinking dens to palatially appointed private houses where you find whole families, including children, dining together with the utmost decorum, the elders taking wine.” CHASING the WHITE DOG
Some of the most difficult courses require you to bump a chip shot up a sloping green with the utmost precision.

We are very happy to extend to you our utmost congratulations on your finishing your college course so successfully.May you enter a more successful life and the future years bring you continued happiness.
Where are you going, Rex?" said Anna one gray morning when her father had set off in his carriage to the sessions, Mrs. Gascoigne with him, and she had observed that her brother had on his antigropelos, the utmost approach he possessed to a hunting equipment. Daniel Deronda
She respected her friend to the utmost for what he was making of himself in this world.
This was really the beginning, the outstart, of Nelson's great career; for Hood's interest in him, then aroused, and deepened by experience to the utmost confidence and appreciation, made itself felt the instant the French Revolutionary War began. The Life of Nelson
The whole combination of curves which go to make up this sketch is a curious arrangement of words inscribed with the utmost care, in the smallest of characters. The Filigree Ball
But lest some unlucky event should happen unfavorable to my reputation, I beg it may be remembered by every gentleman in the room that I this day declare with the utmost sincerity, I do not think myself equal to the command I am honored with. George Washington
When I stood on my native hills, and saw plain and mountain stretch out to the utmost limits of my vision, speckled by the dwellings of my countrymen, and subdued to fertility by their labours, the earth's very centre was fixed for me in that spot, and the rest of her orb was as a fable, to have forgotten which would have cost neither my imagination nor understanding an effort. Introduction, I.1
It is of the utmost importance that you arrive on time.
Page 394 coursing through the green plains, and dark promontories, or obtuse projections of the side-long acclivities, alternately advancing or receding on the verge of the illumined native fields, to the utmost extent of sight; the summits of the acclivities afford, besides the forest trees already recited, Halesia, Ptelea, Circis, Cornus Florida and Amorpha. Travels Through North & South Carolina, Georgia, East & West Florida, the Cherokee Country, the Extensive Territories of the Muscogulges, or Creek Confederacy, and the Country of the Chactaws; Containing An Account of the Soil and Natural Producti
It was a job of the utmost precision, and even a large-scale blow-up might not reveal that it was not genuine.
We also confronted the challenges and exerted our utmost efforts to bridge the various gaps and differences existing in the region.
Carne (who had taken most kindly to the fortune which made him an untrue Englishman) clapped his breast with both hands; not proudly, as a Frenchman does, nor yet with that abashment and contempt of demonstration which make a true Briton very clumsy in such doings; while Daniel Tugwell, being very solid, and by no means “emotional” — as people call it nowadays — was looking at him, to the utmost of his power Springhaven
Now jump!" cried Niels; and with one joyous "halloo" the children were on the broad, springy plank, enjoying to the utmost this novel pleasure. St. Nicholas, Vol. 5, No. 5, March, 1878
Each man is free to exercise his special talents to the utmost.
Thus Flora on one occasion had been reduced to rage and despair, had her most secret feelings lacerated, had obtained a view of the utmost baseness to which common human nature can descend -- I won't say _a propos de bottes_ as the French would excellently put it but literally _a propos_ of some mislaid cheap lace trimmings for a nightgown the romping one was making for herself. Chance A Tale in Two Parts
Precision and speed of autofocus are of the utmost importance for the quality of object detection and the slide scanning results.
The welfare of our contestants is always of the utmost importance to us. The Sun
Skully will do his utmost to take good care of the surface of the saddle whilst debossing the lettering.
I work out my sexual frustration by going to the utmost extreme in Icelandic purism. Languagehat.com: HIGH ICELANDIC.
He also said the Act gave a good degree of scope for interpretation, which the Commission used to the utmost.
A new government in Baghdad will have to do its utmost to meet popular expectations.
In addition to this flattering appearance, the face of the country is such, as to promise success whenever it shall be cultivated, the trees being at a considerable distance from each other, and the intermediate space filled, not with underwood, but a thick rich grass, growing in the utmost luxuriancy. The Expedition to Botany Bay
Tell him to have his infantry brigades press forward now with the utmost haste. Man of Honour
It was pianistically challenging to create the required intensity and expressionism, and thus colour and line were of utmost importance, as also an improvisatory element.
The event was spectacular and well produced as entertainers performed to their utmost.
From the day they were first arrested they did their utmost to hinder investigations. The Sun
The clips are accompanied by commentary, often in English, admonishing Iraqis to "focus your utmost rage against the occupation. We're Losing the Infowar
When we had wind, we used it to the utmost; but we did not do this without the loss of one or two things; the new jib-sheet broke a couple of times, and one night we carried away the outer bobstay of the jib-boom. The South Pole; an account of the Norwegian antarctic expedition in the 'Fram', 1910 to 1912
Having determined on murder, he then planned the crime - normally a poisoning - with the utmost cunning, only to be undone by some small unforeseen error.
The story is of the utmost simplicity: after a shipwreck, a sailor is lost at sea.
When Nur al-Din foregathered with his mother and father, they were gladdened in each other with the utmost gladness and care and affliction ceased from them, whilst his parents joyed no less in the Princess Miriam and honoured her with the highmost honour. The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
Although he lacks the historical context to articulate Kant's Categorical Moral Imperative, he describes a Supreme Being for whom something akin to this axiom is the ultimate measure of a man, a God who believes that one's ethical duty is to acquire and exercise wisdom, to evaluate and constantly re-evaluate one's beliefs -- including what one's ethical duty is -- by applying the utmost objectivity to one's own preconceptions and prejudices. THE HALLS OF PENTHEUS -- PART TWO
Unification Ministry said the South Korean government will do its utmost to protect national property rights, and respect the views of businesses, joint consultation process.
The officers however, pursued their investigation with the utmost assiduity and with not a little skill.
For age, which naturally and unavoidably is but one remove from death, and consequently should have nothing about it but what looks like a decent preparation for it, scarce ever appears of late days but in the high mode, the flaunting garb, and utmost gaudery of youth; with clothes as ridiculously, and as much in the fashion, as the person that wears them is usually grown out of it. Sermons Preached Upon Several Occasions. Vol. II.
He could find himself making enemies as well as friends unless he proceeds with the utmost caution.
So - I'll just say you don't have to murder anyone to read Cara's wonderful series - she handles the murders very well on her own - and solves them with utmost soigne. ON THE BUBBLE WITH CARA BLACK
It may, perhaps, be a question, whether the art which he used to conceal his passion, or the means which honest nature employed to reveal it, betrayed him most: for while art made him more than ever reserved to Sophia, and forbad him to address any of his discourse to her, nay, to avoid meeting her eyes, with the utmost caution; nature was no less busy in counterplotting him. VI. By Comparing Which with the Former, the Reader May Possibly Correct Some Abuse Which He Hath Formerly Been Guilty of in the Application of the Word Love. Book V
The offence of rape was clearly of the utmost gravity.
Marshal found that a tough resistance awaited him, although the allied commander-in-chief, Bernadotte, moved with the utmost caution, as if he were bent on justifying Napoleon's recent sneer that he would "only make a show" (_piaffer_). The Life of Napoleon I (Volume 2 of 2)
His cunning, speed, condition, and endurance can tax the physique and patience of his pursuers to the utmost.
Our respect for our lost brother is of the utmost importance to us. The Sun
Three bars later, though, he'd be back tickling the finer notes out of Beethoven with utmost delicacy.
It was not Toms practice to tell, but here justice clearly demanded that Maggie should be visited with the utmost punishment; not that Tom had learned to put his views in that abstract form; he never mentioned justice, and had no idea that his desire to punish might be called by that fine name. X. Maggie Behaves Worse Than She Expected. Book I—Boy and Girl
These are allegations of utmost gravity. Times, Sunday Times
It quickly became apparent that those involved believed the matter was of the utmost gravity, however.
It is vital that all care homes treat this issue with the utmost seriousness. Times, Sunday Times
That slender and graceful figure, with its simple and elegant dress, which set off to the utmost the perfection of her form, looked certainly unlike the ungrown girl whom Lord Chetwynde had seen years before. The Cryptogram A Novel
The chapter on palliative therapy is of utmost importance as large number of patients are suitable only for palliation due to their advanced untreatable disease in our country.
But the fact, that a government, in which the principle was carried to the utmost extreme, not only existed, but existed for so long a period, in great power and splendor, is proof conclusive both of its practicability and its compatibility with the power and permanency of government. Calhoun's Defense of Poland's Unanimity Rule, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
Ebenezer Peirce, a delegate from Partridgefield now Peru, in Berkshire County, noted that members of the House of Representatives were “the democratical part of the general government”—that is, the one part that was directly elected by the people—and would serve as a check on the representatives of the states in the Senate, so “the utmost caution ought to be used, to have their elections as free as possible.” Ratification
These words did indeed whet his curiosity to the utmost; but the shame of acting the part of an "eavesdropper" was so great that, by a strong effort of will, he drew back, and pondered for a moment what he ought to do. Gascoyne, The Sandal-Wood Trader A Tale of the Pacific
he tried his utmost
From the day they were first arrested they did their utmost to hinder investigations. The Sun
But they must approach with the utmost diplomacy and tact. Blaikie's Guide to Modern Manners
And, by the way; Chiapas is not a place with beautiful beaches but has a huge, uninviting and undeveloped coastal region of dismal black sand and turbid Pacific coastal waters interspersed with poverty stricken and impossibly hot and humid villages existing in utmost poverty. Plan Puebla-Panama. Yay or Nay?
Violet's face is crimsoned to its utmost capacity, and her eyes have that awful beseechingness that cuts him to the soul. Floyd Grandon's Honor
While she was dying of cancer[Sentencedict], his ex-wife's utmost curse was to forbid Erica from ever giving him a coveted pot roast recipe.
I would like to wish the Minister a speedy recovery from his recent bilious bout, where he seemed to be doing his utmost to demoralise rather than to uplift those who have been entrusted to his responsibility.
As, with reference to the growth of every grace of the Spirit, it is of the utmost importance that we seek to maintain an upright heart and a good conscience, and, therefore, do not knowingly and habitually indulge in those things which are contrary to the mind of God, so it is also particularly the case with reference to the _growth in faith_. The Life of Trust: Being a Narrative of the Lord's Dealings With George Müller
His pants were "gallused" to their utmost capacity, leaving considerable space between his knees and the tops of his old brogan shoes; not having on "drawers," of course the skin was exposed. Fisher's River (North Carolina) Scenes and Characters
We must do our utmost to honor the obligations contained in these commitments.
The beautiful subalar plumage is then thrown out and cleaned from any spot that may sully its purity by being passed gently through the bill, the short chocolate-colored wings are extended to the utmost, and he keeps them in a steady flapping motion, at the same time raising up the delicate long feathers over the back, which are spread in a chaste and elegant manner, floating like films in the ambient air. In Nesting Time
Freedom of the press is a vital bulwark of our liberties and it is of the utmost importance that politicians do not curtail it. Times, Sunday Times
Flora on one occasion had been reduced to rage and despair, had her most secret feelings lacerated, had obtained a view of the utmost baseness to which common human nature can descend -- I won't say _a propos de bottes_ as the French would excellently put it, but literally _a propos_ of some mislaid cheap lace trimmings for a nightgown the romping one was making for herself. Chance
I will treat you with the utmost delicate care and concern, as if you were a precious flower.
While assuming a pose of utmost civility and cordiality, Caroline is relentless in her campaign to undermine me.
Meanwhile Peregrine, having burst open the chamber door, found the lady in the utmost dread and consternation, and the spoils of her favourite scattered about the room; but his resentment was doubly gratified, when he learned, upon inquiry, that the person who had been so disagreeably interrupted was no other than that individual mousquetaire with whom he had quarrelled at the comedy. The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle
Although the rain pours down with the utmost relentlessness, ceasing all outdoor activities, the man of the field lifts his face to the heavens and smiles.
This is a matter of the utmost importance.
The strength of a muscle is measured by the utmost force which it can exert _once_; its endurance by the number of times it can repeat a given exertion _well within its strength_. How to Live Rules for Healthful Living Based on Modern Science
The surface within the outmost contour lines clearly increases with heating, thus implying that during the simulation the system explores a larger volume of the configurational space, thanks to an augmented thermal energy.
Governments around the world are doing their utmost to reflate their economies.
The interior, which was restored in 1880 by Giuseppe Patricolo, displays ashlaring worked with the utmost care.
While uttering these words I looked at Agnolino Gaddi, whose eyes were starting from their sockets in his terror, and who was more than half dead, and said to him: Agnolo, in time and place like this we must not yield to fright, but do the utmost to bestir ourselves; therefore, up at once, and fling a handful of that assafetida upon the fire. LXIV
In the same manner, having been reduced by disorder, and sunk to their utmost state of depression, unable to descend lower, they, of necessity, reascend; and thus from good they gradually decline to evil, and from evil again return to good. The History of Florence
The best and most successful writers for children have the utmost respect for their young readers.
Maybe the only way you could even imagine tackling your Grand Enterprise was with a confidence bordering on messianic delusion counterweighted by a criticality that damned it as the utmost folly — in short, with a psyche strung tighter than the tension between God and Lucifer if they met in a Harold Pinter play. Archive 2009-05-01
The ambassador did his utmost to prevent the outbreak of hostilities.
Since diabetes is seen as a slow killer, diabetic clinics always advise people to take utmost care in their diet.
I consider the sanctity of settlements to be of the utmost importance for the policy reasons more eloquently discussed elsewhere.
Tell him that it is of the utmost urgency. Man of Honour
I want to scale that utmost height and catch a gleam of glory bright. Christianity Today
Both the chapel and the crypt were found in a state of devastation hardly credible, as though the plunderers had taken pleasure in satisfying their vandalic instincts to the utmost. Pagan and Christian Rome
Financial reform of the economy is therefore of the utmost urgency. Inside Perestroika: The Future of the Soviet Economy
The meaning of your argument I take to be this: that by the unaccountable success of the enterprize and the tame submission of the people in general, if the scheme misgive all Scotland becomes involved in the guilt, and may expect the outmost severitys this Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 Volume II.
Both runners had pushed themselves to the utmost.
This profoundly gripping, hopeful and crucial testament is a work of the utmost skill, sympathy and moral clarity. Strength in What Remains: Summary and book reviews of Strength in What Remains by Tracy Kidder.
It is a matter of the utmost urgency to find out what has happened to these people.
But they must approach with the utmost diplomacy and tact. Blaikie's Guide to Modern Manners
The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience. Eleanor Roosevelt
Prophet's funeral or not, and regardless of your opinion of the LDS church ... your comment displayed the utmost ignorance and fallaciousness. Chart: Polls In Super Tuesday States Show McCain Has It Made
So intent are they upon handling each attendant issue with the utmost delicacy that they risk losing sight of the greater picture.
A solicitor acting on his own behalf has an even higher duty to behave with the utmost propriety than he would if he were representing clients in a similar transaction.
They deserve our utmost respect and recognition for simply making the Olympic team.
I am quite possibly a better man for having known him and, for that, he has my utmost thanks and respect.
The word "bend" is thrice repeated: "Against him that bendeth let him that bendeth bend," to imply the utmost straining of the bow. Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
And if any of the above-named things seem to anyone to be impossible or not feasible, I am most ready to make the experiment in your park, or in whatever place may please your Excellency – to whom I comment myself with the utmost humility, etc. Your History Moment: What if Leonardo da Vinci wrote a resume? Oh yeah, he did. « Third Point of Singularity
Women in nightdresses and nightgowns and men in trousers and shorts exited their homes in the utmost haste, murmuring amongst themselves.
We are very happy to extend to you our utmost congratulations on your finishing your college course so successfully.May you enter a more successful life and the future years bring you continued happiness.
But the bottom line remains one of utmost gravity. The Sun
As they swarm with vermin by night and flies by day23, I frequently made strong objections to these favourite localities: the utmost conceded to me was a fresh enclosure added by a smaller hedge to the outside abattis of the more populous cow-kraals. First footsteps in East Africa
Soon afterwards she came flying to him in the utmost delight to repeat what she called a "lovely sneap" which Lady A Dozen Ways Of Love
Grossly immoral standards are portrayed as if they are the norm and will bring utmost satisfaction and pleasure.
This extravagance is also very pronounced in the alchemistic works attributed to him; for example, the belief in the artificial creation of minute living creatures resembling men (called "homunculi") -- a belief of the utmost absurdity, if we are to understand it literally. Alchemy: Ancient and Modern
Both postmodern hermeneutics and classical Jewish belief embody utmost significance in text and speech.
The two ladies who had come off in the gunboat were the lady who was said to have detained Mr. Frôler so long in Saigon, and her mother; and they were treated with the utmost consideration by all. Four Young Explorers or, Sight-Seeing in the Tropics
It was tiled with the utmost care, and painted to a beautiful blend of Spanish, Indian, and renascence decor that blended only better with the richly coloured carpets.
Voltaire alludes to Admiral John Byng, who was court-martialled and executed in 1757 for failing to “do his utmost” to prevent Minorca falling to the French following the Battle of Minorca. The Volokh Conspiracy » “Pour encourager les autres”
The situation needs to be handled with the utmost care.
In addition, he possessed of himself all the natural attributes of chiefship: the gigantic stature, the fearlessness, the pride; and the high hot temper that could brook no impudence nor insult, that could be neither bullied nor awed by any utmost magnificence of power that walked on two legs, and that could compel service of lesser humans, not by any ignoble purchase by bargaining, but by an unspoken but expected condescending of largesse. THE BONES OF KAHEKILI
The party elite and the local activists certainly tried their utmost to influence the outcome of elections.
From the day they were first arrested they did their utmost to hinder investigations. The Sun
We are very happy to extend to you our utmost congratulations on your finishing your college course so successfully.May you enter a more successful life and the future years bring you continued happiness.
The Europe and America literature as well the Latin for us, all did not form systemize. Merely the Russian and Soviet Union's literature have been familiar to the utmost.
They will be defending their good names to the utmost, and if that means legal action then so be it.
Erofeyev is an absurdly original writer of the utmost importance.
We must disorganize and demoralize them to the utmost.
The pistol had been bought and prepared for the purpose with the utmost nicety, not only for use but show; nor is it unfrequent to find in such instances of premeditated ferocity in design a fearful kind of coxcombry lavished upon the means. The Disowned — Volume 08
In advising Edward VIII against a morganatic marriage to Mrs Simpson he acted with the utmost constitutional propriety.
He will be taken seriously and the most arcane tactical theories will be discussed with the utmost seriousness. Times, Sunday Times
Around my area, 50,000 men follow freemasonry and each has sworn to give his utmost allegiance to the Craft. 4.
They will be defending their good names to the utmost, and if that means legal action then so be it.
His players have the utmost respect for him.
Symboilism, as the beginning of modem literature, does it's utmost to pursue the musicality of the works, which uses the uncertainty of the music to disclose a certain mood of the author.
To give adolescent correct acknowledge, the benign culture atmosphere that builds growing institute of a health to need then, red fox racoon dog does his utmost praise highly " pure literature " .
We shall renew our call to government to address this issue as a matter of the utmost urgency. Times, Sunday Times
We shall renew our call to government to address this issue as a matter of the utmost urgency. Times, Sunday Times
Now his security service is said to take the utmost care to avoid a repeat of the fiasco. Times, Sunday Times
The utmost latitudinarianism, as has been mentioned, was allowed in the matter of costume, but this rule was subject to one exception. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 87, March, 1875
On the surface, the case for the rule of law seems the utmost in consistency and fairness.
But as there were some of them who, I was convinced, held me rather low in their estimation on account of my pacific principles, I declared that should any king or tribe attack me unprovokedly, they might perhaps find me not unprepared for war to the utmost. The Life and Adventures of Zamba, an African Negro King; and His Experience of Slavery in South Carolina. Written by Himself. Corrected and Arranged by Peter Neilson.
To get a perfect mastery over the "diaphragmatic" method and make it as serviceable as possible, practise breathing while lying on your back, filling the lungs to the utmost, and exhausting them as completely as possible. The Young Priest's Keepsake
He could find himself making enemies as well as friends unless he proceeds with the utmost caution.
That's how the family haughtily enjoyed utmost privilege in Romania saw its demise.
The Neogrammarians in their Manifesto declared that it was the study of present-day language use evidenced in dialects (and not only the study of early texts) that was of utmost importance.
While uttering these words I looked at Agnolino Gaddi, whose eyes were starting from their sockets in his terror, and who was more than half dead, and said to him: Agnolo, in time and place like this we must not yield to fright, but do the utmost to bestir ourselves; therefore, up at once, and fling a handful of that assafetida upon the fire. The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini
Islands of Wak, and never in all my days saw I mortal heartier of heart than he or doughtier of derring-do, save that love hath mastered him to the utmost of mastery. — The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
And here I reach my utmost point in the direction of what you are free to call the rhapsodical and the incomprehensible. First and Last Things
Consequently, I have the utmost respect for all those who served in the war and suffered its deprivations.
We are very happy to extend to you our utmost congratulations on your finishing your college course so successfully.May you enter a more successful life and the future years bring you continued happiness.
But the owners of the planet, who do their utmost to make this world insufferable, add the evitable to the inevitable, and charge us for the favour.
I unclasped my seat belt and locked all the doors, my utmost security measure in case of imminent fright, while I stared outside looking for a sign of life.
The groom was in the utmost alarm, both on his own account and on mine, but, in spite of this, so irresistibly had the sense of the ludicrous in this unhappy contretemps taken possession of his fancy, that he sang out a long, loud, and canorous peal of laughter, that might have wakened the Seven Sleepers. Confessions of an English Opium-Eater
From the day they were first arrested they did their utmost to hinder investigations. The Sun
Thus, a vast concern is expressed for the liberty of the press, and the utmost abhorrence of its licentiousness: but then, by the licentiousness of the press is meant every disclosure by which any abuse is brought to light and exposed to shameby the liberty of the press is meant only publications from which no such inconvenience is to be apprehended; and the fallacy consists in employing the sham approbation of liberty as a mask for the real opposition to all free discussion. Fallacies of Anti-Reformers
In my hands is to do the utmost, to talk with my colleagues, to convince them to work even harder.
When that word is pronounced, I know greater and more horrid punishments are going to be inflicted than the gloomiest tyrant has ever invented to satiate his utmost revenge. Chapter 7
Given the constraints that are hampering the authorities, it would seem that educating the public is of the utmost importance.
2, As with reference to the growth of every grace of the Spirit, it is of the utmost importance that we seek to maintain an upright heart and a good conscience, and, therefore, do not knowingly and habitually indulge in those things which are contrary to the mind of God, so it is also particularly the case with reference to the _growth in faith_. Answers to Prayer From George Müller's Narratives
On the fifth day of my journey the air above lay dead, and all the whole earth that I could reach with my utmost sight and keenest listening was still and lifeless as some dispeopled and forgotten world that rolls round and round in the heavens through wasted floods of light. Eothen
Thus also the snake casts its slough, and the caterpillar its wormy coat, by an internal industry and expansion; for clothes are but our outmost cuticle and mortal coil.
They deserve our utmost respect and gratitude. The Sun
Then, a few girls took over and uttered the tongue-twisters with utmost ease cutting the men to size.
The Europe and America literature as well the Latin for us, all did not form systemize. Merely the Russian and Soviet Union's literature have been familiar to the utmost.
Strambo, and the other intimate friends of Pasquino, having noted in what manner she used the Sage, and this appearing as her utmost refuge, either to acquit or condemne her: in presence of the Judge they smiled thereat, mocking and deriding whatsoever she saide, or did, and desiring (the more earnestly) the sentence of death against her, that her body might be consumed with fire, as a just punishment for her abhominable transgression. The Decameron
We are very happy to extend to you our utmost congratulations on your finishing your college course so successfully.May you enter a more successful life and the future years bring you continued happiness.
The situation needs to be handled with the utmost care.
The party elite and the local activists certainly tried their utmost to influence the outcome of elections.
Master Doctor, seeing himselfe to bee in such an abhominable stinking place, laboured with all his utmost endevour, to get himself released thence: but the more he contended and strove for getting forth, he plunged himselfe the further in, being most pitifully myred from head to foot, sighing and sorrowing extraordinarily, because much of the foule water entred in at his mouth. The Decameron
Ms. Stuart's insistence that this promise be honoured is of the utmost importance. Archive 2007-08-05
When we remind our young readers that the thermometer in England seldom falls so low as zero, except in what we term weather of the utmost severity, they may imagine -- or rather, they may try to imagine -- what 75° _below_ zero must have been. The World of Ice
Vorspiel, the surcharged moment came when the violins, though pushed to their utmost, could go no further, and the clashing cymbals took up the bursting tale. Under the Skylights
Anyone who works in the field has my utmost respect for their bravery.
About two hours later Arrius stood under the aplustre of the galley; in the mood of one who, seeing himself carried swiftly towards an event of mighty import, has nothing to do but wait-the mood in which philosophy vests an even-minded man with the utmost calm, and is ever so serviceable. Ben-Hur, a tale of the Christ
He ought to acquiesce, using at the same time the utmost powers of his reason to promote its repeal.
In the positive endeavour to realise an opinion, to convert a theory into practice, it may be, and very often is, highly expedient to defer to the prejudices of the majority, to move very slowly, to bow to the conditions of the _status quo_, to practise the very utmost sobriety, self-restraint, and conciliatoriness. On Compromise
He walked to the utmost edge of the cliff.
If it is a moon, its diameter is estimated at four to five kilometers (two to three miles) and it is located 1,000 kilometers from the F ring, Saturn's outmost ring.
But I would lay upon all our hearts the plain, practical lesson that, if we keep in that tepid region of lukewarmness which is the utmost approach to tropical heat that moral and religious questions are capable of raising in many of us, good-bye to all chance of being 'great in the sight of the Lord.' Expositions of Holy Scripture St. Luke
The evening was passed in spiritless conversation, or in listening to the piano-forte, upon which Indiana, with the utmost difficulty, played some very easy lessons. Camilla: or, A Picture of Youth
But doctors are admonished to prescribe this pain reliever only with the utmost caution for a patient with limited kidney function.
The safety of our people is of utmost importance. The Sun
The unfortunate plant-cutters, who had merely been imprisoned, and such of them dismissed from time to time as would give assurance of penitence, and promise a peaceable demeanor, were now proceeded against with the utmost rigor, for what the king was pleased to call their treasonable conduct. Historical collections of Virginia
Jace always obeyed his mother, and respected her to the utmost.
There was never a better citizen, nor more affected to the welfare and quietnesse of his countrie, nor a sharper enemie of the changes, innovations, newfangles, and hurly-burlies of his time: He would more willingly have employed the utmost of his endevours to extinguish and suppresse, than to favour or further them: His minde was modelled to the patterne of other best ages. Of Friendship.
If I am right about that, then this is a matter of the utmost gravity for the people and economy of New Zealand.
Thus man, the giant who now held her in captivity, would shrink to the diminutiveness of a fairy; and she would experience, that his utmost force was unable to enchain her soul, or compel her to fear him, while he was destitute of virtue. The Italian
The kaimakam of Retimo sent an express to Canea to ask Ismael what he should do, and received reply to prosecute the affair with the utmost vigor. The Autobiography of a Journalist
The elegance of the juxtapositions, presented with utmost tact and finesse, allowed associations to seep into our minds almost unbidden.
Ultra-Chartists, 'Danes' as they were then called, coming into his territory with their 'five points,' or rather with their five-and-twenty thousand _points_ and edges too, of pikes namely and battle-axes; and proposing mere Heathenism, confiscation, spoliation, and fire and sword, -- Edmund answered that he would oppose to the utmost such savagery. Past and Present Thomas Carlyle's Collected Works, Vol. XIII.
The world spun as he staggered to his feet, braced himself on a post, and tried his utmost to shake off his daze.
She had motives that wrought upon none of them; the idea of equalling or at least of satisfying Pitt, and the feeling that her father was sacrificing a great deal for her sake, and that she must do her very utmost by way of honouring and rewarding his kindness. A Red Wallflower
So it was, exercising faculties that were no longer necessary, but that were still alive in him and clamorous for exercise, he followed the long-since passed wood-rat with all the soft-footed crouching craft of the meat-pursuer and with utmost fineness of reading the scent. CHAPTER XXIII
The temptation to intromit is frequent and strong; so strong and so frequent, as to require the utmost activity of justice, and vigilance of caution, to withstand its prevalence; and the method by which a man may entitle himself to legal intromission, is so open and so facile, that to neglect it is a proof of fraudulent intention: for why should a man omit to do (but for reasons which he will not confess,) that which he can do so easily, and that which he knows to be required by the law? Life Of Johnson
By the utmost self-violence, I curbed the imperious voice of wretchedness, which sometimes desired to declare itself to the whole world; and my manners were calmer and more composed than they had ever been since my journey to the sea of ice. Chapter 22
The varlet took the maiden in his arms, but first he gave her the flask with the precious brewage to carry, since for pride he might not endure to drink therefrom, save at utmost peril. French Mediaeval Romances from the Lays of Marie de France
We had the utmost difficulty in making the bolt-holes fit, and as each sponson weighs about three tons they were not easy to move and adjust. Life in a Tank
Statements unfavourable to democracy are made with unhesitating confidence, and with the utmost bitterness of language.
Again, while he has the utmost of moral stability and constancy, and also great firmness of intellectual adhesion to main principles, there is in him a certain minor changefulness. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 74, December, 1863
I feel that whoever holds that office should be treated with the utmost respect.
I embraced this proposal with joy, and was immediately conducted to the place, where I was treated, while my illness lasted, with the utmost tenderness and care by this grateful halberdier, who had no other bed for himself than a hencoop during the whole passage. The Adventures of Roderick Random
We are very happy to extend to you our utmost congratulations on your finishing your college course so successfully.May you enter a more successful life and the future years bring you continued happiness.
In this work there is a somewhat different account of cartomancy to that which I have expounded ` on the best authorities 'and from practical experience with the adepts in the art; but, in a matter of such immense im portance to ladies of all degrees, I have thought proper to give, in foot-notes, the differing interpretations of the writer in the Book of Days, who professes to speak with some authority, not however, I think, superior to mine, for I have investigated the subject to the utmost. The Gaming Table : Its Votaries and Victims : Vol. 2
But I find it necessary to use the utmost caution about my eyesight. Middlemarch

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