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
He is but ill-armed for the unequal strife, having only a Colt’s revolver with one chamber empty, and, as a dernier ressort, the single-barrelled pistols in the holsters.
From The Lone Ranche by Reid, Mayne
But then they consider it as a kind of dernier ressort, and think it prudent to defer flying to this disagreeable refuge, till they have no relish left for any thing else.
From Essays on Various Subjects Principally Designed for Young Ladies by More, Hannah
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
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
