resign oneself to
Example Sentences
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But he adds: "I worry that dismissing 'willpower' makes it too easy to resign oneself to being at a weight that may not be what is desired, or best for health."
From BBC ● Jan. 4, 2026
That query — whether it’s worth trying to recreate the world that was, or resign oneself to a different kind of existence — seems to power the film.
From New York Times ● Jan. 18, 2024
Everything else one must resign oneself to losing: pictures, clothes, statues, the piano—even the books.
From The New Yorker ● Feb. 3, 2014
If one can see past the irrelevant countdown conceit, and resign oneself to the celebrity presenters, this is mildly diverting popular history.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 5, 2013
No, it was better to submit, to resign oneself to the inevitable.
From The Octopus : A story of California by Frank Norris
