RESUMPTION in a Sentence

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For RESUMPTION, below is one of 8 sentences:
They cynically tried to trade off a reduction in the slaughter of dolphins against a resumption of commercial whaling.

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 Meanings and Examples of RESUMPTION
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
resumption
 n.  resuming; beginning again; recommencement
Classic Sentence:
1  This, and the resumption of my ring, as well as of the bear's grease in moderation, are the last marks I can discern, now, in my progress to seventeen.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 18. A RETROSPECT
2  On the day preceding its resumption, the Doctor gave me with his own hands a folded note not sealed.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 42. MISCHIEF
3  She settled herself at the desk, and Mrs. Trenor accepted her resumption of the morning's task with a sigh which implied that, after all, she had proved herself unfit for higher uses.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 7
4  If we could only get some hint as to what passed in his mind, between the time of my argument with him to-day and his resumption of fly-catching, it might afford us a valuable clue.
Dracula By Bram Stoker
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XX
Example Sentence:
1  He's called for an end to the campaign of violence in order to pave the way for a resumption of the peace process, but the militants have rejected his strategy.
2  During summer break, Don had not realized how much he missed university life: at the resumption of classes, however, he felt marked excitement and pleasure.
3  Lapid urged the resumption of negotiations that fell apart in April, pointedly calling for Israel to prepare a map of its own boundaries — something American and Palestinian officials have said Netanyahu has refused to do.
4  They cynically tried to trade off a reduction in the slaughter of dolphins against a resumption of commercial whaling.