resort
verb (used without object)
to have recourse for use, help, or accomplishing something, often as a final available option or resource.
were 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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France's education minister, Edouard Geffray, announcing the measures, also said that some schools were resorting to municipal halls, libraries or other air-conditioned premises so that teaching could go on "in more suitable conditions".
From Barron's ● Jun. 22, 2026
An All-Party Parliamentary Group examined the costs of formula in 2018 and found parents were resorting to "unsafe practices" like watering down milk, or skipping feeds.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2022
But after they hired IRI, it became clear “the sleeker union-busting didn’t work, and therefore they were resorting to brute force.”
From Washington Post ● Apr. 24, 2022
The average ticket prices for all the new plays other than “The Lehman Trilogy” were well below the industry average, suggesting that the plays were resorting to steep discounts.
From New York Times ● Jan. 31, 2022
There was much talk just now of the preaching of one Doctor Beale, to whom all the tradesmen, Journeymen, and apprentices were resorting, even those who were of no special religious tendencies.
From The Armourer's Prentices by W.J. Hennessy
