dernier ressort
Example Sentences
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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
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
He will not accept the worthless thing thrown at His feet, as a dernier ressort.
From Macaria by Evans, Augusta J. (Augusta Jane)
It was a strategic manoeuvre, a desperate and dernier ressort on his part.
From The Scalp Hunters by Stewart, F.A.
He begged, however, that he might not be called upon to take office except as a dernier ressort, a necessity.
From The Letters of Queen Victoria : A Selection from her Majesty's correspondence between the years 1837 and 1861 Volume 2, 1844-1853 by Benson, Arthur Christopher
