dernier ressort
Example Sentences
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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)
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
The successor of this unknightly leader of the order was the Emperor Paul I., of Russia, who was chosen as a dernier ressort.
From The Story of Malta by Ballou, Maturin Murray
A dernier ressort, vraiment! for my choice was that, or cooling my feet on the burning pavement au naturel; I who have such a terror of any one seeing my naked foot!
From A Confederate Girl's Diary by Dawson, Sarah Morgan
Let Christian Scientists minister to the sick; the school- room is the dernier ressort.
From Miscellaneous Writings, 1883-1896 by Eddy, Mary Baker
