Definition of TO THE HILT

Examples of hilt in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web This highly accurate reproduction of Vader's hilt lights up and makes noise. — David Kender, USA TODAY, "40 gifts for the Star Wars fan in your life," 17 Nov. 2020 El Khazzani, a 31-year-old Moroccan, spent several months in Syria and boarded the train in Brussels armed to the hilt, authorities say. — Star Tribune, "Trial in France for extremist foiled by 3 Americans on train," 16 Nov. 2020 The problem with this cold war liberalism, exploited to the hilt by antiliberal demagogues today, wasn’t only its moral haughtiness and corruption by class interests. — Pankaj Mishra, The New York Review of Books, "Grand Illusions," 21 Oct. 2020 And yet, for Sorkin, talk is action; his creatures come verbally armed to the hilt, barely pausing to reload. — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, "Aaron Sorkin Puts America on Trial," 17 Oct. 2020 Congressional leaders—including Sen. McConnell and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi—should back them to the hilt. — William A. Galston, WSJ, "Make America Trust Elections Again," 29 Sep. 2020 Biden and the Democrats had also left Trump and the Republicans an enormous opening by not condemning looting and other violence in the cities at their convention, and the GOP, rightly, exploited it to the hilt. — Nr Editors, National Review, "The Week," 3 Sep. 2020 The unions propped up Greg Brockhouse, first helping him to get elected as District 7 councilman in 2017 and then backing to the hilt his nearly successful 2019 campaign against Mayor Ron Nirenberg. — Greg Jefferson, ExpressNews.com, "‘Fire everybody and start over’ — Sheryl Sculley looks back on 14 years as S.A. city manager," 20 Aug. 2020 But the helmer indulges in some painfully broad real estate comedy in the form of luxury buyers who are caricatured to the hilt. — Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, "'Made in Italy': Film Review," 7 Aug. 2020

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