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Sentence Examples She played it to the hilt as an over-inebriated soprano trying to sing in an operetta. They're stuck in a traffic jam in their brand new four wheel drive that they're in debt up to the hilt for. The young are in debt mortgaged up to the hilt, and the middle-aged are in clover, sitting on a semi-detached gold mine. His hand wandered mindlessly to the hilt of the sword that was strapped to his waist. The reality is that wind power is grossly uneconomic electricity, subsidised up to the hilt. Mortgaged up to the hilt, the builder has not declared any intention to bid for the company. Suddenly they're dressed to the hilt in 1980s sunglasses, shorts, and a thick gob of zinc oxide on their noses. As Dominick's hand went to the hilt of the jeweled dagger in his belt, Rose stepped between them. And I moved away, got educated up to the hilt, started publishing, lecturing. Companies will continue to advertise their brand-name products to the hilt. Venus in Taurus lends glamour and a fierce ability to enjoy life to the hilt. He frequently complimented her, playing the part of the doting husband to the hilt. Writing and producing in a cross-cultural environment has fired his imagination and he has exploited the situation to the hilt. Most tend to be nurses, teachers or hold clerical and other pink-collar jobs, while many are stressed to the hilt by family and work demands. Once again, Middle Britain is mortgaged to the hilt, spurred by the lowest interest rates in 38 years. Coun Brian Jennings backed us up to the hilt and said he was going to complain to the Chief Planning Officer about this. He ruled with a rod of iron, but he was very fair, and would defend his workmen to the hilt if he thought they were in the right. Meanwhile it proved to be a day out for some children who enjoyed the strike and the traffic restrictions up to the hilt. Consumers have borrowed up to the hilt, leaving little room for manoeuvre should times get seriously tough. For the holidays, the row houses were decorated to the hilt with multicolored lights, life-sized mangers, plastic reindeer hitched on roofs. Show More Sentences I really feel he rounds out the cast well, not because he's the token minority but because he plays the loyal friend to the hilt. And with Americans so touchy about their civil liberties, the Feds have to be legally covered to the hilt before they go snooping. It wants greater control, to nationalise industries, regulate businesses, and tax everyone to the hilt. It's cheap, if you're subsidising nuclear power to the hilt, and frankly we have whole slag heaps of it to dump. I also work hard but because I am taxed to the hilt I can rarely afford to play hard. Then there is the huge number of people who have borrowed to the hilt in order to secure a home. When my ski pole sunk all the way to the hilt through bottomless muck, I realized this wasn't our day. Taxpaying voters, well used to being taxed to the hilt by politicians of all political hues, are right to be so sceptical about the show being put on in front of them. You can't laugh about something if you're buried up to the hilt in it. Keates is an enthusiastic, serious and careful writer, and this delightful book, though designed up to the hilt, contains a lot to muse over. There are some that are mortgaged up to the hilt, and that's dangerous stuff. While American and European households were borrowing up to the hilt, Asian ones were tucking away their savings. It appears many have borrowed up to the hilt to make these investments and may now pay the penalty. Employment law has become ridiculously opaque and employers take full advantage of that and arrive lawyered up to the hilt. The project naturally developed into collecting not only videos, but also original recordings and remixes into two double albums packed to the hilt with gems. Also, was the perspective of a Maastricht criterion better in 1999 in an Italy indebted to the hilt, than it would be today in Vilnius? We backed the European Arrest Warrant to the hilt, trusting the Council to put minimum procedural guarantees in place. If a minister engages in misconduct, gross incompetence or outrageous statements he or she is backed to the hilt by the Prime Minister. There are young people starting out in life mortgaged to the hilt and paying off their education. Now with an economy that is stretched to the hilt we are trying to rectify some of that. Show More Sentences Before, we did not have a mortgage, but now we are mortgaged to the hilt, and the car as well. They are quite aware of the timidity of many Bishops, and will exploit that weakness to the hilt. We can support our own military personnel and others who are involved to the hilt so we will have a better country. Their employees often find a meaning in their work which encourages them to get involved and collaborate with their colleagues to the hilt. I therefore feel that we ought to go along with Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's two initiatives, and back them to the hilt. Even if your product is patented, trademarked, and protected to the hilt in the U.S., you might not have any protection at all once you start selling overseas. Someone who appears to have lost the early promise of his role in Swingers, Vaughn is allowed to chew the scenery and play the crass American to the hilt. Her hand strayed to the hilt of the small dagger that hung from a black leather belt about her waist at all times, and she took three wary paces forward. Every Sunday afternoon, she snugly slips into different characters and lives it to the hilt, unleashing mirthful moments with her endearing performances. But worse than that, we were arming these maniacs up to the hilt! He has mortgaged his country to the hilt for military equipment. She knew that sleaze Hakido would do something to stick the knife in and twist it to the hilt. We can do no other than back Commissioner Solbes to the hilt and urge him to take the Heads of State or Government to court, for such a breach of the European Stability and Growth Pact cannot be accepted without protest. And if it necessary, we will back you up to the hilt. It doesn't need to go in there armed to the hilt. Fraudsters pose as legitimate owners of a property, mortgage it to the hilt and make off with the money, leaving the real owners in for a horrifying shock when the lender contacts them to collect on the mortgage. I think or I know it is disgusting that the Conservative government and the Ontario Liberal government have lied and taxed people to the hilt and expect to get blood out of a stone with the Harmonized Sales Tax. Gone are the days when you decide to sally forth searching for minerals loaded to the hilt with mining and panning tools, all manner of weapon, and a full suit of armor. In short, guitar fans of all stripes were thrilled to the hilt! I will defend my reputation and my integrity to the hilt. Show More Sentences The crosspiece assumes the form of a cross: the short side is adhered to the hilt and blade, while the long side projects from the blade and runs perpendicular to it, ending in two oval ornamented units. Photographed, to the hilt, by Roger Deakins. There is one small ray of light although even that was mortgaged to the hilt by the French Presidency, and that is what is known as the post-Nice process. One of the key components in restricting deforestation is a 1965 law, the Forest Code, which, like other such laws, is not always enforced to the hilt. In their midst a portly curlew forages, probing the mud several times before plunging its slender down-curved bill in up to the hilt and winkling out a lugworm. The trailer seemed to be an uncomplicated tube until you noticed the fused horizontal cones, each inserted in the other to the hilt in subtle and bilateral symmetry. He played affirmative action to the hilt and took full advantage of it. The Windows®-based 8515 is crammed to the hilt with technology. It really is a case that needs defending up to the hilt. You can't expect him to spare any more money, because he's borrowed up to the hilt from the bank for his new apartment. On the contrary, the Algerian diplomatic apparatus and its media friends have supported the separatist claims and criticise to the hilt the behaviour of Morocco towards the Sahraoui population. I say it is worthy of praise because fundamentally, although this document appears to be written with a light touch, it defends the universality of knowledge and wisdom to the hilt. Knowingly playing with electro codes and enjoying himself to the hilt, Jacno had managed to record an album that won excellent reviews from the critics. In half a minute he had reached the port scuppers, and picked, out of a coil of rope, a long knife, or rather a short dirk, discolored to the hilt with blood. Examples from Classical Literature A poniard was buried to the hilt in the left breast of the headsman. The man's voice meant battle, and battle to the hilt of the Bowie. The mingled feeling with which she spoke of him proved it to the hilt. It proves the humbug of the bimetallic position up to the hilt. Every true Carolinian voted for him to the hilt, but how was he defeated? The poniard was pointed at the sixth rib and buried up to the hilt in his body. In half a minute he had reached the port scuppers and picked, out of a coil of rope, a long knife, or rather a short dirk, discoloured to the hilt with blood. Silver, agile as a monkey even without leg or crutch, was on the top of him next moment and had twice buried his knife up to the hilt in that defenceless body. Find more words! 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