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
The directors sent word that they would relent.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 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
“But I’m finishing a paper,” a straight-A teen might say, in which case they would relent.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 9, 2025
His lords pleaded with him to build inland; his priests told him he must placate the gods by giving Elenei back to the sea; even his smallfolk begged him to relent.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
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