outrance
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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He was a pacifist a tout outrance, as the French say.
From Time Magazine Archive
At New York, I visited every place worth seeing; and, although disliking gambling, races, and debating societies, à outrance, I was determined to judge for myself of New York, of life in New York.
From Canada and the Canadians Volume I by Bonnycastle, Richard Henry
Hernandez hangs back, as though he would rather decline this combat à outrance.
From The Flag of Distress A Story of the South Sea by Reid, Mayne
His "Automedon," his portrait of General Prim, even his "Salome," are wilful in a degree that is either superb or superficial, as one looks at them; but at any rate they are romantic à outrance.
From French Art Classic and Contemporary Painting and Sculpture by Brownell, W. C. (William Crary)
Competitors give up the combat à outrance, and fight with blunted lances.
From Problems of Poverty by Hobson, J. A. (John Atkinson)
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