dernier ressort
Example Sentences
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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
But that would only be a dernier ressort, and a thousand things might happen in the meantime.
From One Maid's Mischief by Fenn, George Manville
I was only running to him as a sort of dernier ressort.
From The Quadroon Adventures in the Far West by Reid, Mayne
"We don't get on at all; he has no more inclination for the church, than I have; I pity these younger sons just ran into some fat living as a dernier ressort."
From A Heart-Song of To-day by Savigny, Annie Gregg
He favors sending out a commissioner to Europe for aid, on the basis of emancipation, etc., as a dernier ressort.
From A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital by Jones, John Beauchamp
