Sentence examples for i'd resorted from inspiring English sources

I was pointing at the wall saying, 'I need a... it's the thing you use to make a … a bit of not-wall.' She looked confused; I'd resorted to charades for random nouns before, but this was an entire performance.

By the end, exhausted by cliché, I'd resorted to simply writing down the worst: "You're a fine officer but this looks bad, Frank…" "Trust me, this is just the beginning…" "I've never been more sane in my life!" After its premiere, one of the local Cannes newspapers panned the film, writing of Canet, "alt mal intégré la difference entre hommage et caricature".

I'd resorted to casually inviting myself over to the houses of friends, non-friends, enemies, and strangers, just so I could play Super Mario Brothers, The Legend of Zelda, and RBI Baseball.

I called a leader when nursing my 2 day old hurt so badly I'd resorted to oragel on my nipples; Jen agreed he probably had a tongue tie and told me which local doctor could fix it.

If I worked in a large company that I knew was monitoring my mail this way, I'd resort to a countermeasure immediately.

Even as late as college, at moments of bewilderment I would resort to the old ritual of drawing imaginary subway systems, delineating with colored pens the different lines and taking care that in my world (as opposed to the real one) no two stations ever had the same name.

But inside of me was a warrior who forced that compliant daze on me to get through, and made sure I would resort to anything in order to keep that daze up.

At the time, Washington had relaxed its public stance, saying it would resort to a W.T.O.

It sought 30 volunteers, and said it would resort to layoffs if not enough employees opted for the buyout.

" If I didn't have a place to stay, I'd probably resort to crime again".

Sometimes, I'd even resort to taking a shot or two in the morning to ward it off, or I'd swear I was laying low on the drinking for a while, but I'd be back to it as soon as the hangover wore off.