Resigned

Examples

• Very well,' said the Honourable Samuel Slumkey, with a resigned air, 'then it must be done. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• I'm going home quite resigned, you understand, as if all was over. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• And Jo resigned herself with a sigh. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• He was soon pretty well resigned. Jane Austen. Emma.
• He brought a commission to supersede Mr. Hamilton, who, tired with the disputes his proprietary instructions subjected him to, had resigned. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• My transfer carried me to the company of Captain McCall, who resigned from the army after the Mexican war and settled in Philadelphia. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• The state of my spirits little fitted me for the society of a stranger; but the meeting was inevitable, and I resigned myself to make the best of it. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• He said he certainly could have wished to have continued to hold the appointment he had just resigned. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Johnson, who was Edison's shrewd recruiting sergeant in those days: I resigned sooner than Johnson expected, and he had me on his hands. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Perfectly resigned to his discharge, he devoted himself to getting well, preparing for business, and earning a home for Meg. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• I had been so much astonished already, that I only felt a kind of resigned wonder when Mr. Littimer walked forth, reading a good book! Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• There had been a split in the Cabinet; the minister for Education had resigned owing to adverse criticism. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• Lady Catherine seemed resigned. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• Yes, continued the tall man, we must all be resigned to the decrees of Providence. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• I was not fortunate enough to meet him after he resigned. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Yes, 'tis rather a rum course, said Venn, in the bland tone of one comfortably resigned to sins he could no longer overcome. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• He felt the more resigned to it, forasmuch as Mrs Boffin enjoyed herself completely, and Miss Bella was delighted. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Mr Boffin seemed rather inclined to object to these precautionary arrangements, but, being immediately embraced by Wegg, resigned himself. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Then he resigned his judgeship and left Humboldt county. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• To have to make this fact plain to her--and to witness her resigned acceptance of it--had been intolerably painful to him. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• I am quite resigned to the explosion--but I DO want to get it over, if possible, before I go to bed. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Charles Martel divided his power between two sons, but one resigned and went into a monastery, leaving his brother Pepin sole ruler. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The hand on the album resigned its hold, trembled a little, and moved the book away from her. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• He returned to his office resigned to the task of addressing his 100 daily quotation cards by pen and ink. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Lady Bertram seemed quite resigned to waiting. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• Very well, my Lord,' replied the chemist, in a resigned manner. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• I will be resigned; I was wicked to speak as I did. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• She has helped me to earn a living when my old friends were quite resigned to seeing me starve. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• During her papa's life, then, she resigned herself to the manner of existence here described, and was content to be an old maid. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• As the days passed, and moon after moon went by without bringing even the faintest rumour of you, I resigned myself to my fate. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.

Editor: Marilyn