resign
verb (used without object)
to give up an office or position, often formally (often followed byfrom ).
had resigned
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past perfectof resign.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Sexton, who was elected as an independent in Chester-le-Street before switching to Reform, confirmed he had resigned from the party but declined to say why.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
“I had resigned myself at the time that this movie might take 30 years to get out of the vault,” screenwriter Samy Burch says on a video call.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
Nine days before his death, Arday had resigned from his faculty position.
From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2026
This past March, a Michigan news release said that Churnside had resigned.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
De Klerk, a friend of mine, informed me that the three South African climbers and Charlotte Noble, their team’s doctor, had resigned from the expedition before even getting to the base of the mountain.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
