Examples of 'had resorted' in a sentence

Meaning of "had resorted"

had resorted: This phrase indicates that someone has taken a particular course of action as a last resort or after other options have been exhausted

How to use "had resorted" in a sentence

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had resorted
I had resorted to the fake phone call.
There was little food or water and some prisoners had resorted to cannibalism.
French had resorted to torture in order to obtain information.
There was much outrage that two cabinet ministers had resorted to such a method.
His father had resorted to keeping a bucket nearby.
The representative of Ethiopia expressed his regret that the Committee had resorted to voting.
The survivors had resorted to cannibalism.
We had resorted to sitting on the trolleys because there are no empty seats left.
Starvation took hold and many citizens had resorted to eating their own horses.
Those rebels had resorted to terrorism in order to achieve their goals.
And this was not the first time that brother Juniper had resorted to experiment.
In the end his father had resorted to threatening to disinherit him.
Nevertheless, I felt myself somewhat less of a man because I had resorted to them.
It was regrettable that they had resorted to a campaign of disinformation against his country.
Joe attempted holistic therapies for his illness, but by 2000 had resorted to chemotherapy.

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Some of the settlers had resorted to eating the dead settlers for survival.
Imagine the headlines if a Militant supporter had resorted to similar action!
The police had resorted to some administrative measures to restore law and order.
The delegation asked why no country had resorted to common-basket funding.
Bree had resorted to extreme measures to save her son 's soul.
It was regrettable that a certain State had resorted to singling out countries on given issues.
I had resorted to desperate measures, and I was not the only one.
Sri Lankans are lucky the West had resorted to a more sophisticated and subtle tool.
I had resorted to the fake phone call . Oh, I am just chillin ' at this kickback.
While Jeremy had resorted to shouting.
The Germans had resorted to engaging in illegal activity, such as distributing illegal leaflets.
Earlier colonizers, being pioneers, had resorted to trial and error.
In addition, they had resorted less often to points of order and rights of reply.
Eventually, rescuers reached 16 survivors who admitted they had resorted to cannibalism to stay alive.
Some of the dogs had resorted to eating the bodies of other dead dogs.
To save her son's soul. Bree had resorted to extreme measures.
By December, she had resorted to riding subway trains through the night.
Expelled from his domain, he had resorted to drinking to escape reality.
I'm left to assume she had resorted to using her guest towels as toilet paper.
It would appear, however, that they had resorted to a still more efficacious expedient.
Other Israelis who had resorted to Dignitas ' services were unapologetic.
To win the election, Kashi had resorted to all kinds of tactics.
By 2014, residents had resorted to scooping rainwater from gutters to meet their needs.
Three people out of 10 said they had resorted to bribery to receive health care.
Stephenson added that Martinelli had resorted to " bullying and blackmailing " of businesses.
It was a career low . I had resorted to the fake phone call.
In the 1930s, Clint Benedict had resorted to a leather mask to protect his broken nose.

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He did not care that he would resorted to murder
I had resorted to the fake phone call
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Examples of using Had
Had she dreamed of the garden so often
Then we knew we had the wrong guy
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