dernier ressort
Example Sentences
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If the Military kept whittling down our rations, if we were to be permitted only to nibble like so many birds, the vegetables might one day serve as a dernier ressort.
From The Siege of Kimberley by Phelan, T.
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
Do men who marry under such circumstances honour and trust the women, who as a dernier ressort bear their names?
From Infelice by Evans, Augusta J. (Augusta Jane)
This is the last refuge of the Theist—the dernier ressort of the theologian.
From Ingersoll in Canada A Reply to Wendling, Archbishop Lynch, Bystander; and Others by Pringle, Allen
It was a dernier ressort, and only adopted because all other efforts had failed; after years of yearning, deep craving of the heart.
From The Scalp Hunters by Stewart, F.A.
