resort

[rɪˈzɔːrt]

Definition:
1. The act of using something, especially something bad or unpleasant, because nothing else is possible.
2. A hotel located in a resort area.
3. A frequently visited place.
4. Something or someone turned to for assistance or security.
5. Act of turning to for assistance.

Use 'resort' in a sentence:

1. The resort is seething with tourists all year round.
2. Don't resort to cheap copies; save up for the real thing.
3. Congress has a responsibility to ensure that all peaceful options are exhausted before resort to war.
4. Dalian is known as a summer resort.
5. His punishing work schedule had made him resort to drugs.
6. The invasion of tourists brought life to the summer resort.
7. It's a favourite resort for the rich and famous.
8. A repetition of practices is the resort of gaining genuine knowledge.
9. This is a great holiday resort that is full of life.
10. Other prizes include hotel discounts and a time-share at a resort in Palm Springs.
11. Hawaii is an all-the-year-round tourist resort.
12. As he had a weak case and could not defend himself, he had to resort to sophistry.
13. It sounds like a holiday resort, but not a normal house.
14. The resort is tuned in to the tastes of young and old alike.
15. The resort is a playground of the rich and famous.
16. It's pathetic that grown men have to resort to violence like this.
17. Nuclear weapons should be used only as a last resort.
18. The resort is geared towards children.
19. The town is noted for its health resort.
20. There are free buses around the resort and plenty of nightlife.
21. One has sometimes to resort to these little devices.
22. Nudism, the council decided, was doing the resort more harm than good.
23. For a beach resort with a difference, try Key West.
24. Immediately to our right the old German summer resort was awakening.
25. There are plenty of activities at the resort for the less daring.
26. The resort is surrounded by extensive national and regional parklands.
27. We took a bus to a ski resort in the Canadian Rockies.
28. As a last resort you may have to accept their point of view.
29. He couldn't have passed the exam without resort to cheating.
30. The resort still preserves a feeling of exclusivity.
31. Helmets will be available for hire at all Vail Resort ski areas.
32. In my opinion, transplanting coral should only be used as a last resort.
33. The class held its most recent reunion at a beach resort along the Red Sea.
34. In this resort you can enjoy all the comfort and convenience of modern tourism.
35. Some schools have resorted to recruiting teachers from overseas.
36. Beidaihe is noted for its summer resort.
37. He claimed his punishing work schedule had made him resort to taking the drug.
38. Friends are the best resort in trouble.
39. There are good bus and train connections between the resort and major cities.
40. In the era of e-commerce, companies and enterprises can resort to the Internet for more business opportunities.
41. They would in the last resort support their friends whatever they did.
42. In the last resort we can always walk home.
43. We may have to resort to using untrained staff.
44. She would never resort to the law courts to resolve her marital problems.
45. It's my position that gentlemen should reason thing out rather than resort to force.
46. In the last resort (= in the end) everyone must decide for themselves.
47. They felt obliged to resort to violence.
48. Chance had thrown us together at a skiing resort.
49. Travellers with plenty of cash to spare can consider spending a night with the starfish at the shining Poseidon Undersea Resort in the Fiji islands.
50. In the last resort everyone must decide for themselves.
51. Strike action should be regarded as a last resort , when all attempts to negotiate have failed.
52. Strike action should be regarded as a last resort, when all attempts to negotiate have failed.
53. The place has rapidly developed from a small fishing community into a thriving tourist resort.
54. The number of tourists to the resort declined by 10% last year.
55. There are hopes that the conflict can be resolved without resort to violence.
56. Why do they always have to resort to violence?