Sentence example with the word 'relent'

relent

accede, be pacifistic, die down, give, keep the peace, let up on, obey, resign, spare, take, yield

Definition v. give in

Last update: September 8, 2015


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The teacher finally relented and let the children to watch T.V.   [Please select]

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The police will not relent in their fight against crime.   [Please select]

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"Then you don't think the squire would have relented."   [Please select]

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For YOU too have a boy, Captain Ahab--though but a child, and nestling safely at home now--a child of your old age too--Yes, yes, you relent; I see it--run, run, men, now, and stand by to square in the yards.   [Please select]

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Without redress, complains my careless verse, And Midas ears relent not at my moan.   [Please select]

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Daly has relented and is sending Lola back," suggested Walter."   [Please select]

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But I had hoped that the Vicar might relent.   [Please select]

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I thought he might perhaps relent after such an evidence of the mutability of human affairs.   [Please select]

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Could the man be induced to relent in his plan, whatever it was.   [Please select]

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