Resign means To give up; to relinquish ownership of. This page lists 20 example sentences from real texts, plus synonyms like quit or pass.
Resign in a sentence
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Resign meaning
- To give up; to relinquish ownership of.
- To hand over (something to someone), place into the care or control of another.
- To voluntarily leave (a job or position), in particular a hard-fought position of high status.
Example sentences (20)
I don’t think Senator Menendez will resign, unless it happens as part of a plea deal with the Southern District.
But she found his participation in the conversation that was leaked “deplorable” and believes he should resign.
Indeed, if he knows what is good for him, he should simply go and resign, and give public service a wide berth.
Anti-fascist group Hope Not Hate have called for to resign after Saturday’s far-right clashes at the Cenotaph.
But was forced to resign after allowing his friend and best man Adam Werritty to take on an undeclared role as his aide.
A leading figure from the SNP’s trade union has threatened to resign if the party does not now appoint forensic auditors.
And, in a stunning change of stance, Ms Dorries said former PM David Cameron was wrong to resign when he did.
In addition to the commitment not to resign, the aspirants have also agreed to accept the results of the primary election.
Boluarte took over as president but has faced calls to resign by protesters also demanding fresh elections.
In fact, in the past two years, there’s been no month that a member of my staff did not resign for greener pastures abroad.
Braverman was already forced to resign and then was immediately re-instated as soon as Sunak became PM.
Capricorn Energy directors resign en masse: Victory for activist investor as seven quit in battle over.
If they vote against the Bill all but a handful would have to resign and as most of them are careerists that seems very unlikely.
He left almost as quickly as he arrived, but not as quickly as he might have done after trying to resign a fortnight into his job.
In sharp contrast, his successor, Dan Rather, was forced to resign in disgrace for his lies in attempting to smear George W. Bush.
Matthew Wood will resign as President and Chief Executive Officer of Aranjin and continue to act as Executive Chairman of Aranjin.
Christian Ziegler on Saturday sent an email to Florida Republican Party members refusing to resign.
But he has refused to resign, defending the kiss as “just a peck” which he claimed was consensual — which Hermoso completely denies.
He retired in 1991 but before he died in 2018 lived long enough to see his old nemesis forced to resign and be succeeded by Francis.
Last week, Bridget Ziegler’s four school board colleagues symbolically voted for a resolution urging her to resign from her position.
Common combinations with resign
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- to resign 127×
- resign from 22×
- resign as 17×
- should resign 13×
- would resign 12×
- not resign 10×
- resign and 10×
- resign after 9×
- resign if 8×
- will resign 7×
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