RESIGNATION in a Sentence

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195 example sentences for RESIGNATION, such as:

1. They received the news with resignation.
2. Her resignation caused much public debate.
3. He has filed his resignation with the manager.
4. His resignation is a measure of how angry he is.
5. Mr Morgan has offered his resignation and it has been accepted.

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 Meanings and Examples of RESIGNATION
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resignation
 n.  act of leaving a job or position and making a statement for it
 n.  attitude of accepting something unpleasant because you cannot change it
Classic Sentence: (116 in 8 pages)
1  You see," said the young man, with an air of sorrowful resignation, to Faria, "that God deems it right to take from me any claim to merit for what you call my devotion to you.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 19. The Third Attack.
2  Morrel raised his two hands to heaven with an expression of resignation and sublime gratitude.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 29. The House of Morrel & Son.
3  The young man reflected for a moment, then an expression of sublime resignation appeared in his eyes, and with a slow and sad gesture he took off his two epaulets, the insignia of his rank.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 30. The Fifth of September.
4  To form the slightest idea of his feelings, one must have seen his face with its expression of enforced resignation and its tear-moistened eyes raised to heaven.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 30. The Fifth of September.
5  I tendered my resignation, for when you have gained your epaulets on the battle-field, you do not know how to manoeuvre on the slippery grounds of the salons.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 41. The Presentation.
6  You are a woman at once full of spirit and resignation; I have become simple in my tastes, and am without passion, I hope.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 106. Dividing the Proceeds.
7  He went on speaking and there was a quality in his voice, a sadness, a resignation, that increased her fear until every vestige of anger and disappointment was blotted out.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XV
8  He hastily and secretly decamped, arranging that his resignation would not become public until he was safely in the North.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LVIII
9  The Gelerts and Hundons, evidently apprised of Bullock's departure before his resignation became public, left town abruptly, disappearing into that oblivion from which they had come.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LVIII
10  She handed her feelings over to the actors with a kind of fatalistic resignation.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3. Lena Lingard: III
11  His attitude was one of hopeless resignation as he looked toward a distant bird winging its flight away from him.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
Context  Highlight   In IX
12  They listened like those who knew the meaning of the strange words, and appeared as if they felt the mingled emotions of sorrow, hope, and resignation, they were intended to convey.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 33
13  Her countenance expressed the deepest sorrow that is consistent with resignation.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLII
14  What instances must pass before them of ardent, disinterested, self-denying attachment, of heroism, fortitude, patience, resignation: of all the conflicts and all the sacrifices that ennoble us most.
Persuasion By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 17
15  Eternal rigidity had seized upon it in a momentary transition between fervour and resignation.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: 9 Sights and Sounds Draw the Wanderers Together
Example Sentence: (79 in 6 pages)
16  He has filed his resignation with the manager.
17  His resignation is a measure of how angry he is.
18  Mr Morgan has offered his resignation and it has been accepted.
19  They received the news with resignation.
20  She handed in her resignation following the dispute over company policy.
21  He handed in his resignation in protest against the president's European policy.
22  His resignation must have some connection with the recent scandal.
23  True, it had not been a banner year for Republican candidates, thanks to the resignation of President Nixon that summer.
24  Few senior figures have issued any public statements but privately the resignation's been welcomed.
25  In an official statement, she formally announced her resignation.
26  Her resignation caused much public debate.
27  He handed in his resignation at once--and that night the Judge suffered a relapse and died.
28  He informed that his resignation was effective immediately and never back office once more.
29  Although no formal charges had been made against him, in the wake of the recent scandal the mayor felt he should tender his resignation.
30  The only way to apologize for your abandonment is your resignation.