Examples of 'last resort' in a sentence
Meaning of "last resort"
Last resort refers to a final option or course of action that is taken when all other options have been exhausted or deemed unsuccessful. It is used in situations where there are no other viable alternatives and is typically seen as a final attempt to achieve a desired outcome
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- The only remaining, often least desirable, option when all others have been excluded.
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Always the last resort of vulgar minds.
Making up stories about me is a pathetic last resort.
Crime conspiracy is the last resort of an investigator.
A last resort form of treatment is heart transplant.
Detention was the last resort for children.
The last resort of slackers and sissies.
We are an institution of last resort for so many people.
Recourse to court decisions should be a last resort.
Violence is the last resort of civilized nations.
Magic should be used only as a last resort.
It is a measure of last resort to benefit unaccompanied children.
You can kill yourself as a last resort.
Buyer of last resort for government bonds.
The law was used only as a last resort.
But the last resort of diplomacy is war.
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The detention or arrest of a child is of last resort.
They are kind of a last resort for me too.
Relinquishment of jurisdiction is now a matter of last resort.
It is the last resort of people with no secrets.
I have come here as a matter of last resort.
Surgery is the last resort in stye treatment.
So they should only be used as a last resort.
This is the last resort of the game.
He would only kill them as a last resort.
Sarcasm is the last resort of the fearful.
We have got to take the last resort.
That was a last resort to keep her alive.
The use of force must be a last resort.
A place of last resort to get movies made.
Which left me with one last resort.
Finally as a last resort he decided to try hypnotherapy.
Military action should be a measure of last resort.
Terrorism is the last resort of the powerless.
No child should be detained unless as a last resort.
Fight as a last resort to save your life.
Force must always be the last resort.
Acting as lender of last resort in exceptional circumstances.
But it should always be a means of last resort.
Only as a last resort would an alliance be considered.
Victims should only be arrested as a last resort.
As a last resort there is the silver.
The use of chemical substances is a last resort.
Most of the responses of last resort are not sustainable.
So do not use these weapons as a last resort.
Disposal as a last resort through certified disposal networks.
Let us try to use violence as a last resort.
Detention was a last resort for juveniles.
The obligation to expropriate only as a last resort.
It is seen as the last resort for an unrepresented defendant.
You believe in marriage only as a last resort.
