Its modern equivalent is a resigned attitude to Britain's continuous post-war economic decline.

I myself have never been able to achieve a resigned, indifferent attitude in the face of pressing danger; nevertheless, I tried to hide my desperate anxiety.

There was no fear in it, only the resigned attitude of someone who has lost all hope.

Her resigned attitude bothered me a little.

All this indicates that a positive mental attitude is as important to good health as a negative or resigned attitude is to illness and disease.

Nearly everyone we meet expresses deep dissatisfaction with their lives and also a resigned attitude to this malaise.

They are grateful, but Fiver senses something bizarre in the atmosphere, and the resident rabbits' overly resigned attitudes, and leaves.

With a resigned attitude, he seated himself on the only backed chair at the sandtable.

Their replies also revealed resigned attitudes - washing of the hands for whatever brutalities were taking place.

I had reacted to all this like most husbands, quickly developing an extensive repertory of resigned attitudes.