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The United Nations vote permits a resumption of trade with the country.
Mr. Fogg resumed the interrupted game with perfect calmness.
Jules Verne -- Around the World in 80 Days
When this little interruption was over, Joe resumed:
Charles Dickens -- Great Expectations
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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.