No, she thought with resignation, this is not going to be easy.

Oh well, she thought to herself with resignation, at least I gave it a shot.

The quiet child who'd looked out of the car at him with such resignation in his eyes.

"I was looking for something different," he said with resignation.

Well, this isn't going to be much fun, she thought with resignation.

They always go for the eyes, he thought, with final resignation, past any further resistance.

Once, the Japanese public might have watched all this with resignation.

"With resignation and very little optimism, I called the police department."

There had seemed to be so little risk, he thought with weary resignation.

When she opened her eyes, they were bleak with resignation.