resort
verb (used without object)
to have recourse for use, help, or accomplishing something, often as a final available option or resource.
resorted
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past participleof resort.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof resort.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
resortverb (used without object)to have recourse for use, help, or accomplishing something, often as a final available option or resource.
Example Sentences
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As with his mother, who wrote tall tales during his Northern Irish youth, Cohn resorted to literary imagination and exaggeration to bring the story to life.
From Salon ● Oct. 8, 2026
Todd Luong has resorted to paying his real-estate agents to hold open houses, because no one wants to staff one.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026
The bots appear to have been tasked with looking up publicly available information, but resorted to extreme techniques when presented with obstacles in retrieving that data, Howard-Jones found.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026
Now, Swift, despite her strong songwriting skills, has resorted to some pretty rote wordplay in recent years.
From Slate ● Sep. 23, 2026
Whatever the problem, it forced Holly to adopt a strategy she would rather not have resorted to.
From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer
