dernier ressort
Example Sentences
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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
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
Mr. Barclay and myself have thought of Cairnes, at L'Ori-ent, as a dernier ressort.
From Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 1 by Randolph, Thomas Jefferson
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
A last appeal to the fellow before me only produced another smile; so, as a dernier ressort, I drew my chair towards the table, and thrust my manacled hands out of sight.
From Original Penny Readings A Series of Short Sketches by Fenn, George Manville
