All 11 Uses of
resume
in
Unbroken, by Hillenbrand
- He baked biscuits and gave them away; when his mother, tired of the mess, booted him from her kitchen, he resumed baking in a neighbor's house.
p. 12.3resumed = began again
- He rose, dazed, and resumed running.
p. 34.1
- Both crews were told to search all day, land at Palmyra, then resume searching the next day, if necessary.
p. 115.6resume = begin again
- Not only had the most productive part of the storm been wasted, but the canvas had to be rinsed in the rain before Louie could resume capturing water.
p. 142.4
- The bleeding didn't resume.
p. 150.2
- In the morning the patching resumed.
p. 158.4resumed = began again
- Small allotments of foul tobacco were handed out, and Louie, like almost all captives, resumed the habit.
p. 207.1
- When Harris collapsed, his nose and shins streaming blood, the Quack ordered other captives to hold him up, and the beating resumed.
p. 229.0 *
- His beatings resumed, with intensified vigor.
p. 261.7
- When he came to, the Bird forced the men to resume punching him, screaming, "Next!"
p. 290.5resume = begin again
- The search for him resumed, and the police descended again on the Watanabes.
p. 369.0resumed = began again
Definitions:
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(1)
(resume as in: resume the meeting) begin or take againThis sense of resume generally means to begin again or continue after a pause. In usage like, "resumed her seat", it scan also mean to take again.
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(2)
(résumé as in: submitted her résumé) a brief summary of a person's qualifications to do something -- typically submitted with an employment applicationIn practice, résumé is often written without the accented e's.
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(3)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Less commonly, résumé can refer to any summary.