How to Use resort to in a Sentence

resort to

phrasal verb

• Still, some have resorted to sleeping on the street, next to their cars.
  — Carmen Sesin, NBC News, 26 Sep. 2024
• The Tigers resorted to face-guarding Scott for most of the second half.
  — Ethan Westerman, arkansasonline.com, 5 Feb. 2024
• Second, as mentioned before, parents should try not to resort to screens and tablets as a way to stop tantrums.
  — Katia Hetter, CNN, 12 Aug. 2024
• Workers are increasingly resorting to strikes or the threat of strikes to hold on to their gains.
  — Globe Columnist, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Sep. 2023
• That’s a key factor that led major players in the AI space, such as Google and Meta, to resort to designing their own chips.
  — Dylan Sloan, Fortune, 11 Apr. 2024
• In the summer, many American offices are still kept so cold that workers resort to space heaters and sweaters.
  — Hisako Ueno, New York Times, 24 Sep. 2023
• Life's a Beach An elegant kaftan is one of those pieces that will easily take you from the beach resort to the country club.
  — Laura Lajiness Kaupke, Vogue, 28 June 2024
• Some resorted to playing on sites like Roll20 and Discord.
  — Canwen Xu, Kansas City Star, 30 Jan. 2024
• The lawyer for Townsend’s heirs countered that the progression must indeed be rare if Ferrara was having to resort to obscure records to make the case.
  — Chris Willman, Variety, 3 May 2023
• The governor, as well as Ramaswamy, have resorted to unique tactics to poach donors.
  — Gabe Kaminsky, Washington Examiner, 20 July 2023
• Striking is something that people are resorting to because their backs are against the wall.
  — Gary Baum, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 July 2023
• The Dodgers have already resorted to the tactic three times in the first six weeks of the season, using them as spacers to spread out the starting rotation.
  — Bill Plunkett, Orange County Register, 9 May 2024
• Thousands more couldn’t get through to buy tickets at all, forcing them to resort to ticket-resale sites.
  — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 5 Sep. 2024
• The specialized tip and 45-inch-long bamboo handle mean no more resorting to a hand weeder or pitchfork to get the job done.
  — Christina Shepherd McGuire, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Sep. 2024
• The report warns that more people are now left with no choice but to resort to consuming wild or raw inedible food to cope with hunger.
  — Somayeh Malekian, ABC News, 10 Jan. 2024
• Bianca has several suitors who have to resort to subterfuge to be with her.
  — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 24 July 2024
• The movie focuses on the 1972 Uruguayan rugby team forced to resort to cannibalism to survive after their plane crashed in the Andes on the way to a match in Chile.
  — Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 3 Jan. 2024
• Rideshare drivers must resort to urinating in bottles and parking lots due to a lack of restrooms.
  — Mia Sato, The Verge, 4 June 2024
• As a result of their legal troubles, Reynolds resorted to a GoFundMe to help raise the funds for their settlement.
  — Breanna Bell, Variety, 7 July 2023
• The cascade of demands on Biden to hang it up was thus inevitable, and his team would be foolish to resort to catcalls against hand wringers and nervous nellies.
  — E.j. Dionne Jr., Washington Post, 30 June 2024
• Idol mentors Tori Kelly and Jelly Roll joined the contestants at the resort to train the singers and prep them for the remainder of the competition.
  — Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 5 Apr. 2024
• The half-hour hike from the resort to the cave is highlighted by sandy pathways, bright desert marigolds, the occasional crawling lizard and sprouting Mormon Tea plants.
  — Palak Jayswal, The Salt Lake Tribune, 14 Aug. 2023
• Alternatively, head to one of greater Fairbanks’s hot spring resorts to soak in the aurora scene.
  — Paul Rubio, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Mar. 2024
• The Dodgers are expected to resort to a bullpen game involving rookie Landon Knack if the series reaches Game 4.
  — Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2024
• Nature, meanwhile, rarely resorts to straight edges and pointed angles.
  — Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Sep. 2024
• Yet 27% of Gen Z respondents admitted to resorting to such tactics, compared to around 17% of the other age groups.
  — Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 24 Apr. 2023
• But in 2021, protesters — some of whom resorted to violence — attempted to halt the process.
  — Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2024
• As her paranoia sets in, Margaret resorts to extreme measures to protect her two daughters.
  — Ralphie Aversa, USA TODAY, 2 Oct. 2024
• However, after traveling from Nova Scotia to Prague, they are kicked off the tour and must resort to busking to survive and find a way back home.
  — Emiliana Betancourt, Variety, 15 Oct. 2024
• Our splitboard crew embarked on mini-epics in these out-of-bounds zones, grateful to the Crystal Express quad for the boost before resorting to skintracks and bootpacks.
  — Drew Zieff, Outside Online, 15 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 11 Nov 2024