She was conveyed, as a last resort, in the hope of cure, to an insane hospital.
He went to work accordingly, but it was because it was a last resort, and he must do so.
I now thought my days were few; but, as a last resort, I repaired to you.
Perhaps it was a last resort--a sort of desperation.
As a last resort, Governor Magoffin addressed a letter to President Lincoln, requesting that Kentucky's neutrality be respected and the national forces removed from the State.
The train-wrecking enterprise was doubtless a last resort by Beall to secure funds for the prosecution of his plans on the lake.
Yet, as under the constitution it is a court of last resort, and its members hold their offices for life, it is independent of the people.
The most important interests and rights of the people under the constitution and laws of the country have been differently decided by the same court of last resort in both national and state tribunals.
It was a chance to be taken only as a last resort.
An operation is either an experiment or a last resort, isn't it?
He never called up the office except as a last resort.
Well, my boy, I preferred to look upon it as a last resort, and as such I concluded to put it off until the last minute, when it wouldn't make any difference which way it resulted.
In addition to the court of last resort, there will be a court of general jurisdiction, frequently one of these courts for each county of the State, and then courts for the trial of smaller cases in the various cities and towns.
Frequently there is a misuse of terms, as, for example, the court of last resort in New York is the Court of Appeals, and the Supreme Court is a lower court.
There is in each State a court of last resort, which we would expect to find designated the Supreme Court of New York, or whatever State it might be.
Divorce is allowed, but is very rare, a wife being too valuable a helper in the Koshti's industry to be put away except as a last resort.
It has already been seen that the Arabs forbore to kill their worn-out camels for food except when driven to it by hunger as a last resort.
But it is clear that the camel itself had been originally revered, because except for the sacrifice it was unlawful for the Arabs to kill the camel otherwise than as a last resort to save themselves from starvation.
To our amusement he finally, as a last resort, bit its tail.
They had been using their arts, but to no avail, and had come to the mission as a last resort.
As a last resort we decided to ask Matshuba to do the teaching.
As a last resort, we gave her eight drops of croton oil; a few hours afterwards, nine drops more were given; and a final dose of twenty drops of the same article was administered.
Why not try there to borrow the money, as a last resort?
The hunter's last resort in trapping the coloured fox is to set a snare for him.
Then, as a last resort, I started after caribou, though I well knew that I should have to travel a long distance before falling in with them.
As a last resort he circled once more about a quarter of a mile from the tree, and this time he was rewarded; he found wolf tracks in the snow.
The artificiality of the proceedings is fostered by a general right of appeal on points of law to the court of last resort.
One large publishing concern prints every case decided in the courts of last resort.
It is noticeable both in legal text-books and in the opinions of the courts of last resort.
And thusly we should have prisons of last resort manned, as they should be, with serious-minded officers equipped to serve the State by serving obliquely-thinking underdogs.
And under no condition show it or use it except as a last resort.
Only as a last resort," answered Garry in a low tone.
This idea he meant to carry out only as a last resort.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "last resort" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
