acquiescent

Example Sentences

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The public thought it couldn’t trust a government that was not truthful about her identity and that was acquiescent when it came to forced marriages involving human trafficking.

From New York Times

Still, what do you expect, when the very bodies who are supposed to represent the game have been so acquiescent?

From New York Times

Iran, now under a hard-line government that U.S. sanctions helped bring into power, has shown that it will not be an acquiescent negotiator, and Israel is hell-bent on sabotaging the talks.

From Salon

It came closer than ever last season, strangely acquiescent in defeat in the final against Chelsea, and its executives and its manager are united in their desire to take that one last step.

From New York Times

Disillusioned by his family's experience of racism, Ali shunned the acquiescent attitude of his parents, who had come from Pakistan so his father could work in the textile industry.

From BBC