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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
resume .
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Examples
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Her expression resumed its usual sweetness when Holland gave her hand a comforting squeeze, and she kept hold of it, although this necessitated that he eat left-handed.
The Blackstone Key Rose Melikan 2008
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Her expression resumed its usual sweetness when Holland gave her hand a comforting squeeze, and she kept hold of it, although this necessitated that he eat left-handed.
The Blackstone Key Rose Melikan 2008
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Her expression resumed its usual sweetness when Holland gave her hand a comforting squeeze, and she kept hold of it, although this necessitated that he eat left-handed.
The Blackstone Key Rose Melikan 2008
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When the entire picturesquevillageofBrimboldtseemed under siege from June until the school term resumed in the autumn.
ISLANDS 2009
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The game resumed from the point of the protest and neither team scored during their brief time on the court.
USATODAY.com 2007
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She thought she had seen a flash of relief at her quick understanding before his expression resumed its usual stoicism.
If I Pay Thee Not In Gold Lackey, Mercedes 1993
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Jeffries's eyes widened for a moment before his expression resumed its usual bland cast.
Children Of The Night Lackey, Mercedes 1990
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Now after twenty years of public service, he has retired from political office and once again resumed the practice of law.
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Seton inclined his head, and without another word resumed his seat.
Dope Sax Rohmer 1921
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They no longer dictated as to the food he ate, so he resumed is fruits and nuts — olive oil, peanut butter and bananas were the chief articles of his diet.
"The Nature Man" 1908
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