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
Pene haec millenos ecclesia floruit annos, Duret ad extremum nobilis usque diem, Daque deus longum, ut floreat hae sacra aedes Et celebret nomen plebs ibi sancta tuum.
From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Lichfield A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Espicopal See by Clifton, A. B.
Solve senescentem mature sanus equum, ne Peccet ad extremum ridendus et ilia ducat.”
From Diderot and the Encyclopædists Volume II. by Morley, John
Nor am I unmindful of the precept of Horace, 'Solve senescentem, mature sanus, equum, ne peccet ad extremum ridendus.'
From Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 4 by Randolph, Thomas Jefferson
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