resorted
Example Sentences
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The court said the 53-year-old had "failed to acknowledge her culpability and has instead consistently resorted to excuses".
From Barron's • Apr. 28, 2026
With cemeteries inaccessible, they resorted to schools, mosques, backyards, sidewalks.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2026
Residents resorted to burying the bodies just outside school grounds; more than 20 graves run parallel to the school’s outer wall, each marked with a broken cinder block.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2026
The municipality has resorted to paying for tankers to deliver drinking water to residents.
From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026
Some were in so far over their heads that they resorted to invention, fabricating preposterous stories or quotations out of thin air.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
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