dernier ressort
Example Sentences
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The successor of this unknightly leader of the order was the Emperor Paul I., of Russia, who was chosen as a dernier ressort.
From The Story of Malta by Ballou, Maturin Murray
Then came the stroke climacteric; the dernier ressort of satanic hostility.
From Life of Heber C. Kimball, an Apostle The Father and Founder of the British Mission by Whitney, Orson F.
Ha!—I love him too well to let him be Miss Charlecote’s engine for managing me!—her dernier ressort to play on my feelings.
From Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster by Yonge, Charlotte Mary
It was only, therefore, by the urgency of a despairing effort, as a dernier ressort, these had now sought the presence as petitioners, and naturally they dreaded denial.
From The Free Lances A Romance of the Mexican Valley by Reid, Mayne
As a dernier ressort, application was made to the fountain-head—to Mr. Luke Fildes, R.A., the famous illustrator of that beautiful work.
From A Week's Tramp in Dickens-Land by Hughes, William R. (William Richard)
