in extremis in English

adverb
1
in an extremely difficult situation.
they suddenly find themselves in extremis 20 miles out to sea

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1. Virtue is only virtue in extremis.

2. I'll only ask the bank for a loan in extremis.

3. Keynes argued that governments, in extremis , could boost demand by digging holes.

4. The use of antibiotics is permitted only in extremis.

5. See also: Altercated, In Extremis, Батюшка (live) Past (Live) P

6. This alarm button is only to be used in extremis.

7. Yet now he was here, in extremis, to seek an alliance.

8. The President was in extremis, trying to figure out what was going on.

9. Real Reagan was willing to raise taxes in extremis, and a firm believer in arms - reduction talks.

10. The safeguard for those in the public arena is through public debate and discourse and, in extremis, through action in the courts for libel.

11. No, the decision is imposed on the man at the points, so in extremis numbers of lives saved must count.