dernier ressort

Example Sentences

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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 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

If they are deemed unlawful, unjust, and oppressive, first appealing to judicial supervision and all lawful means for relief and protection—revolution the dernier ressort.

From A Book Written by the Spirits of the So-Called Dead by Helleberg, C. G. (Carl Gustaf)

One last word—arsenic is the dernier ressort, and should not be used until other means have failed, whereas some people fly to it when a much simpler treatment would have done all that was necessary.

From A Manual of Toy Dogs How to breed, rear, and feed them by Williams, Mrs. Leslie

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