Extreme

//ɪkˈstɹiːm//

"Extreme" in a Sentence (25 examples)

I don't want to lose my ideas, even though some of them are a bit extreme.

Your proposal is a bit extreme.

If you drive with anything less than extreme caution, you're risking your life.

They are the extreme cases.

And since she refused to accept it, she had been living in extreme discomfort, exclaiming: "Why should we spend all the capital we are ever likely to have tying ourselves down to a place we detest!"

The town is located in the extreme north of Japan.

The meeting gave her extreme pleasure.

That's why I have such an extreme hatred for him.

The soup-spoon is always on the extreme right.

I have struggled under extreme difficulties for a long time.

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At the extreme edges, the coating is very thin.

He has an extreme aversion to needles, and avoids visiting the doctor.

And Vickers launched forth into a tirade very different from his platform utterances. He spoke with extreme contempt of the dense stupidity exhibited on all occasions by the working classes. He said that if you wanted to do anything for them, you must rule them, not pamper them.

Micron said in a statement that it would bring extreme ultraviolet (EUV) technology to Japan, becoming the first semiconductor company to do so, and expected to invest up to 500 billion yen ($3.6 billion) with support from the Japanese government.

His extreme love of model trains showed in the rails that criscrossed his entire home.

An extreme version of vorticity is a vortex. The vortex is a spinning, cyclonic mass of fluid, which can be observed in the rotation of water going down a drain, as well as in smoke rings, tornados and hurricanes.

I think the new laws are extreme, but many believe them necessary for national security.

Television has begun to reflect the growing popularity of extreme sports such as bungee jumping and skateboarding.

the extreme hour of life

Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke.[…]A silver snaffle on a heavy leather watch guard which connected the pockets of his corduroy waistcoat, together with a huge gold stirrup in his Ascot tie, sufficiently proclaimed his tastes.[…]But withal there was a perceptible acumen about the man which was puzzling in the extreme.

extremes of temperature

Most public discussion about heat extremes refers to risks faced by the general community. Yet even greater extremes of heat exposure do and will occur in many occupational settings, posing special risks to health, behavior, and work capacity.

Some people go to extremes for attention on social media.

a farther paſſion feeds my thoughts, With ceaſeleſſe and diſconſolate conceits, Which dies my lookes so liueleſſe as they are, And might, if my extreames had ful euents, Make me the gaſtly counterfeit of death.

In the empty and extreme cold theatre.

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