What is "last-ditch"

Usage examples of "last-ditch".

There we intended to casually engage happy-hour patrons in discussion of Thunderbolt, Perry, the proposed buyout, and even Tiger Defense in a last-ditch attempt to track down Man of the People and to uncover any possible clues as to what, precisely, was so dirty about this deal.

Talia asked questions about the tilapia and the chocolate trifle in her last-ditch effort to hold things up until Naomi arrived, but no such luck.

Sterling to cook up the Spangler sighting as a last-ditch effort to jumpstart his career.

The tri corder was programmed to give her a signal every hour, then at the final thirty minutes, ten minutes, and a big alarm the last minute before the explosion, to give her time to hyperventilate, supersaturate her tissues with oxygen, a last-ditch technique she had discussed with Red bay.

A last-ditch effort to defeat some foebut the Seekers came to realize that the abominations they were about to unleash were far more of a threat.

One thing was clear, verability, and nonexistent radar signature, the bouncers though: there was a map outline of North America on would be a last-ditch method to get to the heartland of the which a location had been marked--somewhere in south- Soviet Union to deliver a fatal blow in case of all-out war.

Although Zill constantly attempted to create makework for the men and women under his command, the bulk of the waiting time was spent getting drunk, fighting, and engaging in last-ditch sexual encounters.

At the same time, the ability to keep open wounds free of infection by common but potentially lethal bacteria such as Staphylococcus aureus had turned surgery from a last-ditch option to a central pillar of medicine.

The guns were radar controlled, the Catlings used more as a last-ditch antimissile weapon.

The female hold on male sexual pleasure, on life itself—these were realities for patriarchs as much as anyone, despite all their repression, their fear of the female which had been expressed in so many ways, purdah, clitoridectomy, foot binding and so on—ugly stuff indeed, a desperate ruthless last-ditch defense, successful for a time, certainly—but now blown away without a trace.

Fortunately, Congor himself was nobody's fool, and after making what appeared to be a last-ditch stand, he quickly withdrew his ships and then joined with the remnants of Task Force 17 to harass the enemy's flanks until Onrad's powerful reinforcements could arrive.

It was nothing but a kind of last-ditch wishfulness that made him go quietly into Calvin Gray's bedroom.

He just may have already sketched out a last-ditch, D-Day style battle plan that would turn the tide with one stroke and scuttle any move for impeachment.

With all of her teammates downed in the final period, she had singlehandedly fought off Whitewing's last-ditch assault on the Greenhammer goal.

Undoubtedly the battle-group commander was rearranging the sea-borne escorts as well, spreading his forces out a bit more to get air defense missiles out farther from the carrier, while keeping one or two guided-missile cruisers or destroyers in close to provide last-ditch protection for the carrier and its five thousand crew members.