dernier ressort

Example Sentences

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As a dernier ressort, he at last substituted cash for eatables, which was certainly a queer mode of satisfying the inner man.

From The Hindoos as they Are A Description of the Manners, Customs and the Inner Life of Hindoo Society in Bengal by Bose, Shib Chunder

Of course the result cannot be very accurate, but is a dernier ressort.

From Due South or Cuba Past and Present by Ballou, Maturin Murray

But that would only be a dernier ressort, and a thousand things might happen in the meantime.

From One Maid's Mischief by Fenn, George Manville

He will not accept the worthless thing thrown at His feet, as a dernier ressort.

From Macaria by Evans, Augusta J. (Augusta Jane)

"We don't get on at all; he has no more inclination for the church, than I have; I pity these younger sons just ran into some fat living as a dernier ressort."

From A Heart-Song of To-day by Savigny, Annie Gregg