resort
verb (used without object)
to have recourse for use, help, or accomplishing something, often as a final available option or resource.
was resorting
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past progressiveof resort.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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So he was resorting to a mix of garbage, soil and pig dung to spread on his maize.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 26, 2023
State Department said Russia was resorting to "desperate tactics".
From Reuters ● Oct. 19, 2022
The Russian ambassador in Washington said the spokesman was "resorting to street insults".
From BBC ● Apr. 30, 2022
Whatever may be going on behind the scenes, Bruce Green, a former federal prosecutor who now teaches at Fordham University School of Law, said the interview indicated that Mr. Cohen was resorting to desperate measures.
From New York Times ● Jul. 2, 2018
My last resource was resorting to the means found efficient with most men to induce them to alter their opinion.
From The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido For the Suppression of Piracy by Henry Keppel
