relent

Example Sentences

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Sure, I can relent that “Project Hail Mary” is less urgent than this year’s best picture winner, “One Battle After Another,” and not as hyper-specifically relevant to our times as “Eddington.”

From Salon

Eventually the worshippers managed to take up a position next to Herod's Gate as the police relented for a few minutes and allowed the street prayers to take place.

From Barron's

Germany, which had opposed the release, relented partly out of solidarity with countries such as Japan that were hit hard by the disruption to oil markets, one official said.

From The Wall Street Journal

International reaction has sharpened as the fighting showed no sign of relenting.

From Los Angeles Times

Then he relented and cut off a bit for Wolf, who slurped it up.

From Literature