Thesaurus / relent
FEEDBACKHow to use relent in a sentence
Cruz’s office declined for many hours to confirm the trip, eventually relenting when the senator decided to come home Thursday afternoon.
SEAN HANNITY’S ATTEMPT TO COVER FOR TED CRUZ GOES POORLY -- THANKS TO TED CRUZAARON BLAKEFEBRUARY 19, 2021WASHINGTON POSTGoogle only relented on its own threat to pull its search engine out of Australia after signing deals with the country’s major publishers that would allow it to sidestep the most stringent parts of the law.
AUSTRALIA WANTS FACEBOOK AND GOOGLE TO PAY FOR NEWS ON THEIR SITES. OTHER COUNTRIES THINK IT’S A GOOD IDEA TOOGERRIT DE VYNCKFEBRUARY 19, 2021WASHINGTON POSTA dry weekend offers relief, but cold temperatures do not relent.
UPDATED FORECAST: STEADY SLEET WANES, BUT SPOTTY MIXED PRECIPITATION POSSIBLE INTO EARLY FRIDAYDAVID STREIT, JASON SAMENOWFEBRUARY 18, 2021WASHINGTON POSTThe council passed a measure that encouraged the song’s playing before sporting events, and Ehlers relented.
MAVERICKS’ MARK CUBAN ISN’T THE FIRST TO TRY TO STOP PLAYING THE NATIONAL ANTHEMMATT BONESTEELFEBRUARY 10, 2021WASHINGTON POSTExpress forecastForecast in detailAn unsettled, wintry weather regime took hold in late January and shows no sign of relenting this week.
D.C.-AREA FORECAST: COLD TODAY BEFORE ANOTHER POSSIBLE WINTER STORM STARTING WEDNESDAY NIGHTJASON SAMENOWFEBRUARY 8, 2021WASHINGTON POSTPultusk and Eylau bore witness to his bravery and address on the battlefield, and Napoleon began to relent.
NAPOLEON'S MARSHALSR. P. DUNN-PATTISONAnyway she has refused—and will, I fancy, never relent—to allow any extreme idea of food shortage to disturb her routine.
PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI, VOL. 152, MAY 16, 1917.VARIOUSFate had been fickle and cold so long; but now, when her smile was worse than a frown, she could easily relent.
A FORTUNE HUNTER; OR, THE OLD STONE CORRALJOHN DUNLOE CARTERETBut the King would neither give him release, nor relent towards the Americans.
THE LOYALISTS OF AMERICA AND THEIR TIMES, VOL. 1 OF 2EGERTON RYERSONThe idea struck me that if I were to attack Monsieur Roberge on his weak point, he might relent.
AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL REMINISCENCES WITH FAMILY LETTERS AND NOTES ON MUSICCHARLES GOUNODWORDS RELATED TO RELENT
- abandon
- abdicate
- admit defeat
- back down
- bend
- bow
- break
- buy
- call it quits
- capitulate
- cave in
- cede
- collapse
- come to terms
- crumple
- defer
- fold
- fold up
- give oneself over
- give up
- give way
- go
- hand over
- knuckle
- knuckle under
- lay down arms
- leave
- let go
- part with
- relax
- relent
- relinquish
- resign
- sag
- submit
- succumb
- suffer defeat
- throw in the towel
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