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 • Mar. 21, 2026

This was the Dodgers once again swallowing all the pressure and refusing to relent.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 9, 2025

Spare a thought then for Switzerland, which has been hit with punitive tariffs of 39%, and has so far been unable to persuade the US president to relent.

From BBC • Oct. 9, 2025

If they apply enough pressure, legally or emotionally, you will relent.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 9, 2025

Unless a new source of coin could be found, or the Iron Bank persuaded to relent, he would have no choice but to pay the crown’s debts with Lannister gold.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin