How to Use resort to in a Sentence

resort to

phrasal verb

• The Tigers resorted to face-guarding Scott for most of the second half.
  — Ethan Westerman, arkansasonline.com, 5 Feb. 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
• 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
• 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
• Despite needing $3,000 and possibly resorting to stealing a convertible to make their way to the Windy City, the girls will stop at nothing to escape.
  — Julia Moore, Peoplemag, 12 Apr. 2024
• Many resort to coffee, only to face inevitable crashes.
  — Gen Cleary, Rolling Stone, 22 Nov. 2023
• In Maryland, people have a duty to retreat before resorting to deadly force when faced with a threat in public.
  — Alex Mann, Baltimore Sun, 17 July 2023
• The situation forced dealers in at least some cases to resort to using paper records.
  — Eric D. Lawrence, Detroit Free Press, 2 July 2024
• India has resorted to importing tomatoes from Nepal to ease the shortage.
  — Reuters, CNN, 11 Aug. 2023
• Now, in advance of the 2028 Olympics, Mayor Karen Bass is pledging that the city will not resort to such severe tactics to remove the tens of thousands living here without shelter.
  — Liam Dillon, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2024
• That leaves people who are willing to resort to desperate measures.
  — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 11 Mar. 2024
• To fix the problem, Redmond is recommending customers resort to a comical, but tried and true, method.
  — Michael Kan, PCMAG, 19 July 2024
• This distance allows many of the resorts to offer a quiet, secluded atmosphere and space for all of their amenities.
  — Andrew J. Tardif, Miami Herald, 3 June 2024
• People are so hungry that some have resorted to eating leaves and animal feed.
  — Andrew Jacobs, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024