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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"I was resorting to a food bank. I wasn't eating. I was eating bits and scraps from the table the children didn't eat."
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2023
A senior member of Mr. DeSantis’s political team, who was not authorized to speak publicly, replied by insulting Mr. Christie and said he was resorting to attacking a “winner.”
From New York Times ● Apr. 18, 2023
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen notified Congress in January that her agency was resorting to “extraordinary measures” to avoid default, and that “it is unlikely that cash and extraordinary measures will be exhausted before early June.”
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 22, 2023
State Department said Russia was resorting to "desperate tactics".
From Reuters ● Oct. 19, 2022
Every one was resorting to his luck stone or an amulet.
From The Rose in the Ring by George Barr McCutcheon
