How to Use resign in a Sentence

resign

verb
  • He resigned from his job as principal of the school.
  • The senator was forced to resign his position.
  • The newspaper's editor resigned after the scandal.
  • Browne was forced to resign from the union.
    — Scott Travis, Sun Sentinel, 13 Mar. 2026
  • Sure, some men were forced to resign or went to prison.
    — Hillary Busis, Vanity Fair, 26 Apr. 2026
  • He was forced to resign from the Fed.
    — John Cassidy, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Have any of you guys asked them to step down and resign from their job?
    — S.e. Cupp, New York Daily News, 15 Jan. 2025
  • And a host of Democrats called on him to resign.
    — Philip Elliott, Time, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Valentin resigned from the force a year later.
    — Vivian Salama, The Atlantic, 9 Mar. 2026
  • If you were hired to do one thing and couldn’t manage, resign.
    — Maureen MacKey, Fox News, 11 Nov. 2023
  • Both men seem resigned to a dire fate set forth by a country that failed them.
    — Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 26 Oct. 2024
  • Starmer has vowed to resign if the police impose a fine on him.
    — Mark Landler, BostonGlobe.com, 6 July 2022
  • Love resigned three months later.
    — Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Creighton will have to resign his Senate seat.
    — Fousia Abdullahi, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Sep. 2025
  • By the evening, Oli had resigned and vanished.
    — Kapil Komireddi, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
  • On Monday, he was asked to resign.
    — Andy McCullough, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2026
  • Ogles has not condemned the rhetoric or called for those involved to resign.
    — Vivian Jones, Nashville Tennessean, 17 Oct. 2025
  • At least a few staff members have already resigned.
    — Kansas City Star, 22 May 2026
  • And many of those who have since resigned were among the most senior in the office.
    — Sarah N. Lynch, CBS News, 29 Jan. 2026
  • At the time, Williams said he was advised to resign, or he would be fired.
    — Sherry Greenfield, Baltimore Sun, 17 Sep. 2023
  • Laine called for Wallace to resign.
    — Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Sansom resigned, and the charges were later dropped.
    — Alexandra Glorioso, Miami Herald, 26 Mar. 2026
  • Sansom resigned, and the charges were later dropped.
    — Lawrence Mower, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 Mar. 2026
  • That was enough for the Dodgers, and Malone was asked to resign.
    — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2022
  • Osborne resigned from the board in August to move out of state.
    — Edward McKinnon, Arkansas Online, 16 Oct. 2025
  • The donor list case was dropped when Greitens agreed to resign.
    — Jim Salter, ajc, 11 Mar. 2022
  • In exchange, Renken agreed to resign and not sue over the matter.
    — Kelly Meyerhofer, jsonline.com, 29 Aug. 2025
  • In a saner world, Noem would resign or be impeached.
    — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 9 Jan. 2026
  • In a leap of faith, Curry resigned from her job to start a non-profit.
    — Hilary Tetenbaum, USA TODAY, 4 Mar. 2024
  • Three officers involved in the case were fired, and one agreed to resign.
    — Washington Post, 4 Feb. 2022

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