How To Use Uttermost In A Sentence
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Yet here, as many another time in these devious manoeuvres, that fearful dilemma interposed -- inseparable in its many forms from all collective action whether in cabinet or party; so fit to test to the very uttermost all the moral fortitude, all the wisdom of a minister, his sense of proportion, his strength of will, his prudent pliancy of judgment, his power of balance, his sure perception of the ruling fact.
The Life of William Ewart Gladstone, Vol. 1 (of 3) 1809-1859
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The coffin was forced, the cerements torn, and the melancholy relics, clad in sackcloth, after being rattled for hours on moonless byways, were at length exposed to uttermost indignities before a class of gaping boys.
The Body-Snatcher
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Happily the cabman was a kindly and compassionate spirit, and did his uttermost to help them, moving heaven and earth, in the way of policemen and small shopkeepers, until, by dint of much inquiry, he found
The Lovels of Arden
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The Judge and Jack and Mary gazed down at her in uttermost astoundment.
No. 13 Washington Square
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Being at the uttermost ends of the earth we are both proud of our uniqueness and at times also wanting to ape the big kids on the block.
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And if the contingency eventuates, neither France nor Spain have the mobility or the means to pursue their foes into the uttermost reaches of Central Asia, the deserts of Africa or the teeming stews of the Southwest Asia.
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Sipped or swallowed, it went shuddering through its new home and branched out in patterns--- or so it seemed after the second glass--- like the ice-ferns that covered the window panes, but radiating warmth and happiness instead of cold, and carrying a ghostly message of comfort to the uttermost fimbria . . .
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Asse: evermore when John de Barolo came to Tresanti, he would bring him to his poore abiding, with all his uttermost abilitie of entertainement, in due acknowledgement of the courtesie he afforded to him at Barletta.
The Decameron
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He smiled at her with the uttermost respect and adoration.
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Uprising from this blue interminable distance, the first crumplings of the foothills showed like purple velvet, and from these again the giant Himalayas -- the "home of the greater gods" -- sprang aloft, in a medley of lovely lines and hues, till they reached the uttermost north where the hoar head of Nanga Parbat soared twenty-five thousand feet into the blue.
The Great Amulet
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And so the renegade Valari came at last to the Island of Thalu in the uttermost west.
THE LIGHTSTONE: BOOK ONE, PART ONE OF THE EA CYCLE
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You yourself told me that you will serve him with the uttermost loyalty, and look what you're saying now!
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The coffin was forced, the cerements torn, and the melancholy relics, clad in sackcloth, after being rattled for hours on moonless byways, were at length exposed to uttermost indignities before a class of gaping boys.
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And anon as he did awake he waved and foined at Sir Launcelot as he lay, and said: Traitor knight, wit thou well I am not yet slain, come thou near me and perform this battle unto the uttermost.
Le Morte d'Arthur: Sir Thomas Malory's book of King Arthur and of his noble knights of the Round table
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I stared at them with uttermost loathing.
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I think today our nation is at the crossroads where a serious reflection on the direction of our policies is a matter of uttermost urgency.
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And then, adding something like anguish to deep depression, I saw that even the pulpit, that uttermost symbol of the message, had been knocked down and carted away.
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in the uttermost distress
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And having drawled out the word "whiles" to the uttermost possible length, he suddenly began to snap his fingers and dance an Irish jig upon the wooden planks of the stelling.
We and the World, Part II A Book for Boys
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But that which carries on the formidableness of our Trials, unto that which may be called, _A wrath unto the uttermost_, is this: It is not without the _wrath_ of the Almighty _God_ himself, that the _Devil_ is permitted thus to come down upon us in _wrath_.
The Wonders of the Invisible World Being an Account of the Tryals of Several Witches Lately Executed in New-England, to which is added A Farther Account of the Tryals of the New-England Witches
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An eidolon, a manifestation, if you will, sent up to us from the uttermost deeps to bring about the end of the world.
SMOKE AND MIRRORS
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Your satisfaction is guaranteed on Uttermost product.
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The fuglemen were determined to find something wonderful in everything he did, and the title of “The Harlot's House,” shocking Philistinism, gave them a certain opportunity which they used to the uttermost.
Oscar Wilde
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Sharing information is of the uttermost importance.
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Long before the first nitro-glycerine "go-devil" was sent down, down, to the uttermost depths, to shatter the oil-bearing rock, and set free the wonderful deposit that was destined to mark a new era in the affairs of men, rang out the Biblical mandate: "Let there be light," and in due time the whole world was illuminated.
Insights and Heresies Pertaining to the Evolution of the Soul
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His concern was to see that M. de La Tour d'Azyr paid to the uttermost liard for the brutal wrong he had done Philippe de Vilmorin.
Scaramouche
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Whether we like it or not: the uttermost that can be achieved is mundane justice and equality of chances and of rights.
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My book has been described as proof of how the human spirit can survive in spite of uttermost humiliation.
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She would have "slanged" the Emperor himself with the self-same coolness, and the Army had given her a passport of immunity so wide that it would have fared ill with anyone who had ever attempted to bring the vivandiere to book for her uttermost mischief.
Under Two Flags
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So shall crown Thee the topmost, ineffablest, uttermost crown
From ‘Saul’
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One step advanced beyond this, Jerry's uttermost, the folk of Somo, from the contemplation of death, had achieved concepts of the spirits of the dead still living in immaterial and supersensuous realms.
Chapter 15
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I think today our nation is at the crossroads where a serious reflection on the direction of our policies is a matter of uttermost urgency.
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We preach a Gospel that saves to the uttermost, and witness to its power.
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With one click of a key on a computer and you have the whole world at your fingertips, enabling you to know the goings-on in the uttermost parts of the globe.
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The next morning my mouth opened in a yawn with uttermost content.
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I found that they hailed from the uttermost parts of the earth.
An Odyssey of the North
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Even in the uttermost frenzy of energy is each maenad movement royally, imperially, incedingly upborne.
Smoke and Mirrors: Internalizing the Magic Lantern show in _Vilette_
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That gospel saves everywhere and to the uttermost.
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Genius, devotion, and courage; the adornments of his mind, and the energies of his soul, all exerted to their uttermost stretch, could not roll back one hair's breadth the wheel of time's chariot; that which had been was written with the adamantine pen of reality, on the everlasting volume of the past; nor could agony and tears suffice to wash out one iota from the act fulfilled.
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She would have "slanged" the Emperor himself with the self-same coolness, and the Army had given her a passport of immunity so wide that it would have fared ill with anyone who had ever attempted to bring the vivandiere to book for her uttermost mischief.
Under Two Flags
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She demands their uttermost concentration, but those who make the effort are rewarded by being taken on an emotional journey whose after effects are long-lasting and deep.
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The Allies would pursue ‘the ranks of the guilty to the uttermost ends of the earth’ and would deliver them to their accusers ‘in order that justice may be done’.
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I was lying on the sofa, with a book and a wine-glass, at about that time, when the door opened, and a gentleman in a stiff cravat, within a year or two on either side of thirty, entered, in his hat and gloves; walked up to the looking-glass; arranged his hair; took off his gloves; slowly produced a measure from the uttermost depths of his coat pocket; and requested me, in a languid tone, to "unfix" my straps.
American Notes
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The fuglemen were determined to find something wonderful in everything he did, and the title of "The Harlot's House," shocking Philistinism, gave them a certain opportunity which they used to the uttermost.
Oscar Wilde His Life and Confessions
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Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness begins and concludes on the Thames, that ‘tranquil waterway leading to the uttermost ends of the earth’.
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Even in the uttermost frenzy of energy is each maenad movement royally, imperially, incedingly upborne.
Smoke and Mirrors: Internalizing the Magic Lantern show in _Vilette_
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Churchill wrote that Ladysmith was ‘famous to the uttermost ends of the earth: centre of the world's attention, the scene of famous deeds, the cause of mighty efforts.’
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I will serve our lord with the uttermost loyalty.
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An he came in quest of aught, we will aid him, and if he have a blood-feud with one of the Kings, we will ride with him; or, if he desire a gift, we will handsel him; for this is indeed a numerous host and a power uttermost, and we fear for our land from its mischief.
The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
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No man could be miserable with Pauline Murray, if he did his duty and tried, _tried_ with his very soul to the uttermost.
Floyd Grandon's Honor
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Their sons, and occasionally their daughters too, had indeed gone to the uttermost ends of the earth and beyond.
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They entered a small room, divided unequally by a barrier desk; behind it stood a lean, coffee-sallowed young man with a scrawny neck displayed to the uttermost by a standing collar scarcely taller than the band of a shirt.
Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise, Volume I
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One should be cautious about the thesis that the name Thule is a serious and conscious reference to a Nordic, Polar connection, in the effort to make a connection with the Hyperborean origins of the Indo-Germans -- since Thule appears in ancient tradition as the sacred center or sacred island in the uttermost North.
WAR OF PERCEPTION
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He was reckless to the uttermost stretch of recklessness, all serene and quiet though his pococurantism and his daily manner were; and while subdued to the undeviating monotone and languor of his peculiar set in all his temper and habits, the natural dare-devil in him took out its inborn instincts in a wildly careless and gamester-like imprudence with that most touchy tempered and inconsistent of all coquettes -- Fortune.
Under Two Flags
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A few years ago, a crew of scientists travelled to the uttermost depths of the Atlantic Ocean in order to get a very up-close and personal look at the remains of the infamous Titanic.
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In two pieces, specks, or rather paillettes, of gold were found lightly and loosely adhering to the “Marú;” so lightly, indeed, that they fell off when carelessly pocketed Veins of schist still remained, but in the galleries they had been followed out to the uttermost fibril.
The Land of Midian
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I was lying on the sofa, with a book and a wine-glass, at about that time, when the door opened, and a gentleman in a stiff cravat, within a year or two on either side of thirty, entered, in his hat and gloves; walked up to the looking-glass; arranged his hair; took off his gloves; slowly produced a measure from the uttermost depths of his coat-pocket; and requested me, in a languid tone, to 'unfix' my straps.
American Notes
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From this time an inviolable peace filled the lowly heart of the oppressed one; life's uttermost woes fell from him unharming.
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