ad extremum
Americanadverb
Example Sentences
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Duravit hic illi usque ad extremum nec aut spatio valetudinis aut metu mortis infractus est, quo plures gravioresque nobis causas relinqueret et desiderii et doloris.
From A Handbook for Latin Clubs by Paxson, Susan
Non laetus accubui, cibum modicè sumpsi, ne intemperantiâ ad extremum peccaretur.
From Life of Johnson, Volume 4 1780-1784 by Boswell, James
Solve senescentem mature sanus equum, ne Peccet ad extremum ridendus et ilia ducat.”
From Diderot and the Encyclopædists Volume II. by Morley, John
The old horse should be left to graze out his last days, Ne peccet ad extremum ridendus.
From The Prime Minister by Trollope, Anthony
It would be well that each of us should say to himself, "Solve senescentem mature sanus equum, ne Peccet ad extremum ridendus."
From Autobiography of Anthony Trollope by Trollope, Anthony
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