last resource

Example Sentences

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“It should be a last resource, and we should ask ourselves how we have gotten into this situation.”

From Seattle Times • May 28, 2023

A spokeswoman for the nonprofit told The Post in a Tuesday email that Wagshul understood the judge’s ruling but wishes the hospital would have tried the unproven treatment as a last resource.

From Washington Post • Sep. 7, 2021

One last resource for augmenting our minds can be found in other people’s minds.

From New York Times • Jun. 11, 2021

“The fact of the matter is, the United States could spend every last resource we have in the Middle East,” Mr. Rhodes said at the summit.

From Washington Times • Nov. 5, 2015

But against this there were objections; and she finally resolved that it could be the last resource, if her private enquiries to the absence of the family were unfavourably answered.

From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen