Simple past tense and past participle of resort.(verb)
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Use "resorted" in a sentence
"Palin resorted to Jingoisim (if you dont know what that means look it up, sorry for the Elitist terms), Racisim, Nationalisim etc."
"Here was a smart, crackling drama that started out brilliantly, then as it moved along the cracks started to show (painfully unfunny show-within-a-show skits) until Aaron Sorkin resorted to putting his characters in awful, stock situations (Danny and Jordan stuck on the studio rooftop!)."
"Ken Mehlman, the head of the Republican National Committee, again resorted yesterday to gay-baiting Democrats for political gain."