Sentence examples similar to last ditch state from inspiring English sources

Despite a last ditch effort of the state's secessionists to hold to strict neutrality, on Sept. 11 the legislature instructed the governor to order the Confederates, not the federals, to withdraw from the state; it also called out some 40,000 troops "for the purpose of repelling said invasion".

The letters were a last ditch effort to remind the city and the state about how we feel".

In a last ditch attempt to salvage the package, 11 member states recently wrote to the Commissioners with a plea to "carefully analyse" the upsides of a more circular economy.

And then my last ditch effort: dad.

It was a last ditch effort.

Typically, couples come into therapy as a "last ditch" effort.

It felt like a last ditch effort to be honest.

A last ditch option.

Save your insults for a last ditch effort.

Try the George Carlin technique as a last ditch effort.

This is a last ditch effort that will not work every time.[28].