RESUMPTION in sample sentences

With his return to health, Eragon also resumed practicing magic.

Christopher Paolini -- Eragon

When at last the clanking subsided, I resumed the trowel, and finished without interruption the fifth, the sixth, and the seventh tier.

Edgar Allan Poe -- The Cask of Amontillado

Kemp tried to think of something to keep the talk going, but the Invisible Man resumed of his own accord.

H.G. Wells -- The Invisible Man

he saw no obstacle to their happy life resuming its course.

Victor Hugo -- Les Miserables

There seemed... no more to say, and presently the four resumed their journey;

C.S. Lewis -- The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

She shook her head almost imperceptibly, then resumed her own deadpan stare at the opposite wall.

J.K. Rowling -- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

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All around me the happy atmosphere resumed its natural state.

Wilson Rawls -- Where the Red Fern Grows

...unconsciously resuming his walk.

Nathaniel Hawthorne -- Young Goodman Brown

Agnes and her father had been gone a week, before we resumed our usual work.

Charles Dickens -- David Copperfield

At his order, Master Olivier resumed his reading,

Victor Hugo -- The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Now, however, Aylmer resumed these half-forgotten investigations;

Nathaniel Hawthorne -- The Birthmark

He resumed: "Come, let us see, Mathilde."

Guy de Maupassant -- The Diamond Necklace

Then the conversation was resumed—but this time in whispers.

Betty Smith -- A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

Presently, she resumed her staring round the room.

Charles Dickens -- Hard Times

Dr. Gibbs soon resumes reading

Thornton Wilder -- Our Town

And I resumed the struggle.

Samuel Beckett -- Waiting for Godot

The trooper retires to a distant part of the room and resumes his curious inspection of the boxes,

Charles Dickens -- Bleak House

He resumes his pacing, counting to himself, and reaches the wall.

Reginald Rose -- Twelve Angry Men

Mr Meagles’s companion resumed the conversation.

Charles Dickens -- Little Dorrit

FRANK resumes his seat.

Peter Shaffer -- Equus

Peg started giggling and resumed her knitting.

Henry H. Neff -- The Hound of Rowan

"Now stop it, Jem Finch," he said, and resumed his spread-eagle position.

Harper Lee -- Go Set a Watchman

But then time resumes, and the air doesn’t hold her, and as she drops there’s a piercing sound splitting the darkness and again it takes me a long time to realize it’s me, screaming.

Lauren Oliver -- Before I Fall

Minho hesitated in the middle of chewing, then resumed.

James Dashner -- The Scorch Trials

He resumed his path along the sidewalk and slowed as he approached the front entrance.

James Dashner -- The Death Cure

As soon as he heard her voice, Brian resumed his struggle; again it ended with Brian jerking his hand back amid howls of pain.

Nicholas Sparks -- The Longest Ride

Clary saw him take Mark’s hand; he pressed his witchlight into the boy’s palm, where it flickered, and then resumed its steady glow.

Cassandra Clare -- City of Heavenly Fire

But he stilled and resumed the soft and easy breathing.

James Dashner -- The Kill Order

The militants simply used the cash to buy more weapons and resumed their activities.

Malala Yousafzai -- I Am Malala

When we’d resumed an even keel, we squinted into the maelstrom and screamed our friends’ names.

Ransom Riggs -- Hollow City

As the game resumed, the wild-haired girl dropped the centaur’s tail, and it went still once more.

Ransom Riggs -- Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children

I had written enough jail-house resumes by now to know that a lot of the ladies had only worked in the (enormous) underground economy.

Piper Kerman -- Orange Is the New Black

It took a moment before the officer recovered and resumed pushing him out the door.

Bryan Stevenson -- Just Mercy

In keeping with her inactivity on the boat, Stephanie simply grabbed a beer and a towel, picked a spot, and resumed sunbathing.

Nicholas Sparks -- The Choice

I decided to allow the wolves time to settle in at the summer den before resuming my close watch upon them, and so I spent the next night at the cabin catching up on my notes.

Farley Mowat -- Never Cry Wolf

They ignored him again, and the man Called Linc resumed kissing Sunny on the belly and down her sides, to the points of her lips.

Chang-rae Lee -- A Gesture Life

The Hummer below finally restarts its engine and resumes winding its way north toward the city.

Susan Ee -- Angelfall

He sighs, drops his head, and resumes reading.

Pittacus Lore -- I Am Number Four

Around us the Triathlon Terrors had diplomatically resumed their chatter.

Jojo Moyes -- Me Before You

John had resumed his studies with Dr. Bulkeley.

Elizabeth George Speare -- The Witch of Blackbird Pond

They resumed walking, waiting until her footsteps had vanished from their ears before speaking.

Sarah J. Maas -- Throne of Glass

And so down the line it went, with each guest rising briefly; making a short speech, and then resuming his place.

Norton Juster -- The Phantom Tollbooth

I resumed following her.

Jerry Spinelli -- Stargirl

Palmer’s nervousness lasted until he went to sleep that night, and resumed when his alarm clock woke him up next morning with the customary nip on the earlobe.

Jerry Spinelli -- Wringer

Her face was changing, resuming its usual expression of gleeful malice.

Gail Carson Levine -- Ella Enchanted

When her letter resumes, she tells us "I was all turned around and more tired than I can ever remember being.

Jim Murphy -- The Great Fire