consented

Example Sentences

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When the detective asked her to take a polygraph, she consented.

From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026

North Korea consented to freeze its illicit nuclear work and eventually allow full inspections in exchange for a multibillion-dollar package of civilian nuclear power and oil.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

He has already consented to this before the ritual began but when Ms Hardy asks him whether he needs it, he shrugs and says: "I don't know.'"

From BBC • Oct. 12, 2025

The bodies are preserved and, if donors consented, some parts are removed and retained for further teaching.

From BBC • Oct. 11, 2025

I would have consented to live under the most rigid type of dictatorship, for I felt that dictatorships, too, defined the use of men, however degrading that use might be.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright