resignedly
Example Sentences
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Couples with "baskets of bottled beer and blankets", children wildly misidentifying pigeons and press photographers resignedly legging it around the grass in an attempt to get their shot all added to the chaos.
From BBC ● Mar. 2, 2025
“Young families are moving here. College-educated, successful white-collar people from the city,” Sternhagen said resignedly.
From Slate ● Jul. 23, 2024
The site was notorious for turning up plant fossils that were difficult to identify, including the fruit of an extinct species resignedly given the name "Enigmocarpon."
From Science Daily ● Dec. 19, 2023
"I shall have to turn you into a dog for a while," he says, resignedly, to a henchman.
From Salon ● Jul. 26, 2022
He became quite quiet, and went and sat on the edge of his bed resignedly, and looked into space with lack-lustre eyes.
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
