dernier ressort
Example Sentences
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"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
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
He favors sending out a commissioner to Europe for aid, on the basis of emancipation, etc., as a dernier ressort.
From A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital by Jones, John Beauchamp
If the Military kept whittling down our rations, if we were to be permitted only to nibble like so many birds, the vegetables might one day serve as a dernier ressort.
From The Siege of Kimberley by Phelan, T.
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)
