dernier ressort
Example Sentences
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But, while returning to the camp-ground, calmer reflections arose, restraining him from the dastardly act, and deciding him to carry out the other alternative, already conceived, but kept back as a dernier ressort.
From The Lone Ranche by Reid, Mayne
It was a strategic manoeuvre, a desperate and dernier ressort on his part.
From The Scalp Hunters by Stewart, F.A.
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)
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
Dalrymple, the chief hydrographer of the Admiralty, who had chief claims to the command, was also somewhat of a faddist, and Cook was selected almost as a dernier ressort.
From The Story of Geographical Discovery How the World Became Known by Jacobs, Joseph
