resort
verb (used without object)
to have recourse for use, help, or accomplishing something, often as a final available option or resource.
are resorting
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present progressiveof resort.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Some automakers are resorting to shipping vehicles inside containers, while BYD has launched its own fleet of eight car carriers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Now, these same executives are resorting to cutting people to hide strategy failures they should have anticipated but couldn’t.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 4, 2025
To deal with the increasing outbreaks, farmers are resorting to using herbicides and insecticides that can damage soil quality in the long term and also pose health risks.
From BBC ● Dec. 29, 2024
Aid groups say that people are so hungry they are resorting to eating leaves, donkey feed and food scraps.
From New York Times ● Feb. 28, 2024
And just as in natural science we are resorting perforce to plants, animals, and natural phenomena, so in morals we turn to the deeds and lives of men.
From The Elements of General Method Based on the Principles of Herbart by Charles Alexander McMurry
