How to Use go to extreme/great lengths in a Sentence

go to extreme/great lengths

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  • Popes have shown themselves ready to go to great lengths to avoid that turn.
    — Francis X. Rocca, WSJ, 16 July 2021
  • The wall texts go to great lengths to interpret the works for us.
    — Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 21 July 2023
  • These two love to support each other, and go to great lengths to do so.
    — Sabrina Talbert, Women's Health, 26 Apr. 2023
  • To combat this, marketers must go to great lengths to stand out from the crowd.
    — Casey Munck, Forbes, 25 Jan. 2023
  • The trio go to great lengths the entire episode to mess with Wilson.
    — Marianne Garvey, CNN, 6 Feb. 2024
  • Israel will now likely go to great lengths to hunt down those involved.
    — Natan Sachs, The Atlantic, 7 Oct. 2023
  • Someone will go to great lengths to convince you of something false.
    — Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 23 Jan. 2024
  • Many adopters go to great lengths to honor their service members.
    — Blane Bachelor, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 May 2025
  • Many homeowners go to great lengths to keep strangers out of their backyard pools, rather than lure them in.
    — Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 10 June 2025
  • Pet parents will go to great lengths to give their furry friends the best life possible.
    — Maggie Horton, People.com, 7 June 2025
  • Christina Ricci isn't afraid to go to great lengths for fashion.
    — Bailey Richards, People.com, 11 Mar. 2025
  • At the extremes, the wealthy may go to great lengths to display their affluence.
    — Brian Klaas, The Atlantic, 7 Feb. 2025
  • Some go to great lengths to answer those questions, and bring closure and relief.
    — Dominique Soguel, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 May 2024
  • Some pet owners go to great lengths to ensure their furry friends feel a little less lonely.
    — Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 2 Dec. 2024
  • Trash-talk or gossip Bullies often go to great lengths to make others look bad.
    — Amy Morin, Parents, 25 July 2024
  • But when people go to great lengths to keep their private lives private, that should be respected.
    — Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle, 2 Mar. 2023
  • The good news is breweries go to great lengths to ensure that these bad batches are the exception, not the norm.
    — Claire Porter, Popular Mechanics, 25 May 2021
  • The situation grows more fraught when Andres moves in and the boys go to great lengths to get rid of him.
    — Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 20 Mar. 2024
  • Other patients may not be so lucky, and may have to go to extreme lengths to get their medications.
    — Jessica Klingbaum, NBC News, 17 Aug. 2023
  • Japanese cattle-breeders go to great lengths to give their cows a zen-like existence.
    — Mary Squillace, Robb Report, 3 Mar. 2021
  • The actor has maintained the movie was made to make fun of actors who go to great lengths to get nominated for awards.
    — Lauryn Overhultz, Fox News, 26 Nov. 2024
  • Chrishell Stause will go to extreme lengths to support her partner G Flip!
    — Natalia Senanayake, Peoplemag, 9 Jan. 2023
  • The series was said to follow two ruthless step siblings who would go to great lengths to stay on top of the social pyramid.
    — Breanna Bell, Variety, 4 Apr. 2023
  • Yet to make electric buses work, the CTA has had to go to great lengths and expense.
    — Tom Krisher, ajc, 4 Mar. 2023
  • Willing to push morality aside, Sadie is known to go to great lengths to achieve the goals of her assignments.
    — Stuart Miller, Orange County Register, 11 Sep. 2024
  • Bucks and bulls are well aware of the tender nature of their antlers during this growing phase and go to great lengths to protect them from harm.
    — Scott Bestul, Field & Stream, 10 Jan. 2024
  • Tom has said that both of his parents are very supportive and that his mom will go to great lengths to make sure he's being treated well on set.
    — Emily Blackwood, Peoplemag, 16 Dec. 2023
  • The process involves dogs led by a highly skilled houndsman and biologists go to great lengths not to harm the predators.
    — Mark Price, Miami Herald, 19 Feb. 2025
  • Some singles even go to great lengths to conceal their true political opinions − or at least that's what they're accused of.
    — Charles Trepany, USA TODAY, 21 Nov. 2024
  • The obsessive-compulsive gets caught up in them and will go to extreme lengths to mitigate their voltage.
    — Barrett Swanson, Harper's Magazine, 23 June 2020

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