Meanings of various expedients in English

The Polynesians met this emergent danger with various expedients of activity and prevention.

To increase the number of impressions, he resorted to various expedients.

The yemshick tried various expedients to discover signs of life but to no purpose.

Then various expedients to attract attention began to present themselves.

He had resorted to various expedients in order to find out, but all without success.

His difficulties compelled him to resort to various expedients.

There are various expedients by which he sought to impart to it the quality of moderation.

To effect this end various expedients were adopted.

This appeal had set various expedients in motion to second the more regular work of the purchases.

Where land is scarce one sees various expedients practised so that every square foot shall be cropped.

To correct this, various expedients are employed.

We wished to capture some of the deer species, and for this purpose we had thought of various expedients.

The engineers went to work on the propellers first, and after resorting to various expedients, we got them in place.

The fronts of all of them have fallen out, notwithstanding various expedients that were employed to hold them in place.

He tried various expedients, with a clumsy haste which would have removed any chance of succeeding that he might have had.

The poor woman suggested various expedients to avoid the fearful consequences; she appealed to the bank director, and begged him not to prosecute her husband.