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

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

Many people appear to be resigned to being exposed to the virus. —Joel Achenbach and Carolyn Y. Johnson, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Jan. 2022

Brown may be resigned to his death, but his daughter Liza is determined to clear his name. —Washington Post, 10 Dec. 2021

The big question: As the coronavirus situation improves in countries like the United States, which trends from the past 14 months will have staying power, and which will be resigned to the pandemic past? —Julia Horowitz, CNN, 14 May 2021

But we cannot be resigned to 70,000 cases a day, 2,000 daily deaths. —Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press, 2 Mar. 2021