last resort

Example Sentences

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But I don’t want her to think she’s a last resort.

From Literature

The patrolmen are equipped with rifles and handguns, to be used as a last resort against angry polar bears and musk ox.

From Barron's

"Invoking the government's responsibility, in my view, should be neither an easy way out nor a shortcut. It is a tool of last resort," he added of the constitutional power used.

From Barron's

Actually deploying it could cause serious economic damage within the EU itself, so it is seen very much as a last resort.

From BBC

“I kind of think of ads as a last resort for us for a business model.”

From The Wall Street Journal