be resigned to

idiom

: to accept a bad situation that cannot be changed

I'm resigned to having to work this weekend.

He was resigned to the fact that an expensive vacation would have to wait.

Examples of be resigned to in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

So the public shouldn’t be resigned to the idea that ethics rules are somehow moot under Trump. —Abdallah Fayyad, Vox, 14 Mar. 2025

Some teams might look at a return to the playoffs as good enough for now or be resigned to planning only for a Super Bowl victory in the future. —Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 3 Jan. 2025

Beijing need not be resigned to a temporary halt to its international economic strategy. —Rebecca Liao, Foreign Affairs, 30 Mar. 2016

Kyiv may be resigned to losing cities such as Pokrovsk, assuming the consequences will not prove dramatic. —Michael Kofman, Foreign Affairs, 2 Sep. 2024

The governor in a statement issued Wednesday said she would not be resigned to the status quo. —Susan Montoya Bryan, Anchorage Daily News, 14 Sep. 2023

But we shouldn’t be resigned to hopelessness or shocked into complacency, according to our experts. —Laura Newberry, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2023

But we shouldn’t be resigned to hopelessness or shocked into complacency, according to our experts. —Laura Newberry, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2023

There was once an idea that as a woman got older, she should be resigned to the fact that her hairstyle should be short and unfussy. —Hannah Coates, Vogue, 12 July 2022

Rhymes for be resigned to

• accrue
• ado
• ainu
• aircrew
• airscrew
• anew
• askew
• baboo
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• bamboo
• beaucoup
• bijou