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How to use the word Resignation in a Sentence? Page #7

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Hadi informed political alliances ... that he will withdraw his resignation in the right time, and that could be very soon.

Abdu Al Huthafi

Found on CNN
9 years ago

One thing I hope people know about me is that I love this state and its people, its rivers, its mountains and its landscapes with every fiber of my being, it is because of that love that I tender my resignation.

Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

What should be a day of celebration (for Oregon) is turning into a day of reflection and mourning, we appear to be nearing the resignation of our governor and the investiture of a new governor.

Senate Minority Leader Ted Ferrioli

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

If the union leaders are able to achieve that, then I wish to inform you that I will hand in my resignation to the chairman of the board, a responsible manager does not abandon his company if it is undergoing a difficult time. I will leave only when I am sure that the company will manage with the difficult market situation in the coming years.

Chief Executive Jaroslaw Zagorowski

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

I am stunned by the resignation of Dr. Scott, we hoped and expected that she would fulfill her three-year contract, which ends in December.

John Jenkins

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

The Right to Rise PAC accepted Ethan Czahor's resignation today, while Ethan has apologized for regrettable and insensitive comments, they do not reflect the views of Gov. Bush or his organization and it is appropriate for him to step aside. We wish him the best.

Kristy Campbell

Found on CNN
9 years ago

I have always been proud of my association with Temple University, i have always wanted to do what would be in the best interests of the university and its students. As a result, I have tendered my resignation from the Temple University Board of Trustees.

Bill Cosby

Found on CNN
9 years ago

There will be no severance or extension of benefits for Darren Wilson following his resignation.

Mayor James Knowles

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

This is not a question of confidence or lack of it. It is my will. Remember that we live in Russia, not abroad... and therefore I shall not consider the possibility of any resignation.

Nicholas II of Russia

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10 years ago

To live lightheartedly but not recklessly; to be gay without being boisterous; to be courageous without being bold; to show trust and cheerful resignation without fatalism -- this is the art of living.

Jean de La Fontaine

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10 years ago

Please accept my resignation. I don't care to belong to any club that will have me as a member.

Groucho Marx

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10 years ago

It is resignation and contentment that are best calculated to lead us safely through life. Whoever has not sufficient power to endure privations, and even suffering, can never feel that he is armour-proof against painful emotions; nay, he must attribute to himself, or at least to the morbid sensitiveness of his nature, every disagreeable feeling he may suffer.

Von Humboldt

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12 years ago

What is called resignation is confirmed desperation.

Henry David Thoreau, in Walden, "Economy"

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13 years ago

I've analyzed the best I can ... and I have not found an impeachable offense, and therefore resignation is not an acceptable course.

Richard Milhous Nixon

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14 years ago

A sense of duty is useful in work, but offensive in personal relations. People wish to be liked, not be endured with patient resignation.

Bertrand Russell

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14 years ago

I can imagine no more comfortable frame of mind for the conduct of life than a humorous resignation.

W. Somerset Maugham

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14 years ago

Ships at a distance have every man's wish on board. For some they come in with the tide. For others they sail forever on the horizon, never out of sight, never landing until the Watcher turns his eyes away in resignation, his dreams mocked to death by Time. That is the life of men.

Zora Neale Hurston

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14 years ago

I sent the club a wire stating, PLEASE ACCEPT MY RESIGNATION. I DON'T WANT TO BELONG TO ANY CLUB THAT WILL ACCEPT ME AS A MEMBER.

Groucho Marx

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14 years ago

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