Sentence examples for almost resigned from inspiring English sources

The phrase "almost resigned" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a state of being on the verge of accepting something, often with a sense of reluctance or defeat.
Example: "After weeks of trying to change the situation, she felt almost resigned to the outcome."
Alternatives: "nearly accepting" or "close to giving up".

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Did that mean she almost resigned?

And we were almost resigned to it.

"He just understands things," May said to me, almost resigned.

President Logan (Gregory Itzin) almost resigned last week.

His tone in his speech to the assembly seemed at times almost resigned.

But lawmakers seeking even modest limits on gun rights seem almost resigned to failure.

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"You're almost resigning yourself …" she said, breathless, again, with terror at the memory of him holding a stereo speaker above her, about to smash her head in, "to: This is it, I'm going to die … Let it be the last punch, so it stops, and I won't feel it any more".

Even after Trump pulled out of the Paris climate accord and after he equated white supremacists and neo-Nazis to those fighting against hate ― "fine people" on both sides ― there's an idea among some in the media that Trump's economic advisor Gary Cohn "almost" resigning, but thinking it better to stay close to Trump, is a good thing.

It meant, she says, that on starting a family, women almost inevitably resigned their posts.

Both lawyers were soft-spoken and measured in their presentations, almost sounding resigned at times.

The striking thing, however, is that Keys seemed almost wearily resigned to that.

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