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Example sentences for "acquiesced"

Lexicographically close words:
acquainting; acquaints; acque; acquerir; acquiesce; acquiescence; acquiescent; acquiesces; acquiescing; acquire
  1. By not revealing the conspiracy, if he knew of it, he acquiesced in it.

  2. I don't doubt it, sir," acquiesced the man sadly.

  3. I knows I be," humbly acquiesced Mrs. Bond.

  4. No, sir; it would not do at any price," acquiesced Mr. Hurde.

  5. I dare say it is," acquiesced the Rector.

  6. Beyond the fact that they are very charming ladies," acquiesced Thomas in a tone that made Cecil think he was laughing at her: "you should let me finish, my dear.

  7. Yes, indeed, I think you should come back to us," warmly acquiesced Thomas.

  8. Oh, yes," acquiesced Billy, "the man has friends.

  9. They would any one," acquiesced the judge, and made to rise.

  10. All right," acquiesced Tip, with a slight cough, "we will.

  11. Lady Feng acquiesced without delay, and she told a servant to cross over to their old mistress' quarters and to bid the matrons, employed in that part of the household, promptly go out and summon the waiting-girls.

  12. Yes, she can go and fetch her," acquiesced Pao-yü.

  13. P'ing Erh acquiesced and returned to her quarters.

  14. Chia Chen, Chia Lien and the rest of their companions immediately acquiesced by uttering several yes's, and once more they led Dr.

  15. Hsüeh P'an with alacrity as he acquiesced to the proposal.

  16. I am happy to say that all acquiesced with the proposition, and, indeed, showed throughout the happiest spirit of subordination and harmony.

  17. All seemed to feel that every effort was making for their safety, and they silently acquiesced in the arrangements.

  18. The Pope acquiesced in the proceedings of the Africans.

  19. The other two acquiesced silently, but as they caught each other's glance, a curious satirical twinkle lurked in the eyes of both men.

  20. There was reason in this, and Carhayes acquiesced with a snarl.

  21. The King was now become a passive machine in the hands of the National Assembly, and had he been left to himself, he would have willingly acquiesced in whatever they should devise as best for the nation.

  22. Preferring the solid advantage of orderly life to an unstable liberty, it acquiesced in the abdication of 1439, when the States consented to taxation for the support of a permanent army without any periodical renewal of their authorization.

  23. She was the only capitalist of the three, and if Baldwin had been wise he would have made her his friend, in which case she might not have acquiesced so carelessly in the use of her money for the appropriation of his property.

  24. That is why she acquiesced without question, and with a dull glow of satisfaction at her heart and the beginnings of a sense of triumph, when Inman told her what he had planned regarding the purchase of Baldwin’s property.

  25. She read them, and her heart acquiesced in the conclusion.

  26. And so he wavered, and half acquiesced in Cæsar's triumph, even though he suspected that with that triumph the Rome which he had known and loved would pass away.

  27. David acquiesced in the divine ordering, though with a sore heart.

  28. But he acquiesced in Richard's usurpation, and retaining his office as steward avoided any entanglement through his wife's share in Buckingham's rebellion.

  29. He acquiesced in the purchase of the Suez Canal shares, a measure then considered dangerous by many people, but ultimately most successful; he accepted the Andrassy Note, but declined to accede to the Berlin Memorandum.

  30. This deficiency was ascertained by weighing all the provisions which were landed; a proceeding which the master acquiesced in with much reluctance and some impertinence.

  31. I had opposed the movement strenuously, but acquiesced because it was the order of my superior at the time.

  32. Porter, as was always the case with him, not only acquiesced in the plan, but volunteered to use his entire fleet as transports.

  33. Pizarro felt the force of Almagro's reasoning, and, though with undisguised reluctance, acquiesced in a measure which was less to his taste than an expedition to the wilderness.

  34. It may seem strange, that any people should patiently have acquiesced in an arrangement which involved such a total surrender of property.

  35. Hernando Pizarro acquiesced as far as possible in these desires, most willing to relieve himself of such importunate creditors.

  36. Pizarro acquiesced in the reasonableness of this demand.

  37. He now acquiesced in his commands, and was willing, at all events, to have a personal interview with his sovereign.

  38. The Peruvians most reluctantly acquiesced in the commands of their sovereign to desecrate the national temple, which every inhabitant of the city regarded with peculiar pride and veneration.

  39. He therefore acquiesced in Atahuallpa's offer, and, drawing a red line along the wall at the height which the Inca had indicated, he caused the terms of the proposal to be duly recorded by the notary.

  40. When Almagro acquiesced in these views, as in truth most grateful to his own nature, Orgonez, chagrined at his determination, declared that the day would come when he would repent this mistaken lenity.

  41. Pizarro acquiesced in this proposal, and instructed his envoy to assure the Inca that he was advancing with all convenient speed to meet him.

  42. When I dwelt upon the incidents of my past life, and traced the chain of events, from the death of my mother to the present moment, I almost acquiesced in the notion that some beneficent and ruling genius had prepared my path for me.

  43. A candid mind would have acquiesced in this representation, and found in it nothing inconsistent with a supposition respecting the cause of appearances favourable to her character; but otherwise was I affected.

  44. Catholic Ireland had not acquiesced in the elevation of William of Orange to the throne of England; she invited over King James.

  45. This pious resolution, no doubt, was strengthened by his supposing Miss Burt had acquiesced to the proposed marriage.

  46. I acquiesced in the justice of these sentiments--and could not sufficiently admire the fortitude which had supported the Marquis under such unheard-of trials!

  47. South Carolina and Georgia did not follow the example of Virginia and North Carolina in resolving against the slave trade, but acquiesced in the non-intercourse policy, until the grievances complained of should be remedied.

  48. I therefore cheerfully acquiesced in Mr. Jarvie's proposal that we should set out early next morning.

  49. He readily acquiesced in my proposal; for though he disliked war as a profession, yet, upon principle, no man would have exposed his life more willingly in defence of civil and religious liberty.

  50. We held an immediate consultation on the measures we were to adopt in this crisis, and acquiesced in my father's plan, that we should instantly get the necessary passports, and make the best of our way to London.

  51. The local officials politely acquiesced in a transparent fiction by which the fugitives pretended to be Americans, and allowed them to proceed to Trieste, where they were picked up by a boat of the Amphion, one of O’Brien’s old ships.

  52. Captain Hoste gave the former the information, who immediately acquiesced in a proposal made by our gallant chief to bring the timber off.

  53. At every previous election in the nation's history the minority had acquiesced promptly and loyally.

  54. Schooled by inexorable reality, he finally acquiesced in the established order, and his last public words were of fidelity and faith for the new America.

  55. Besides it seemed tacitly understood that both the Boss and Cadwalader Brown acquiesced in the sworn statement of the man who said he had made the pictures.

  56. Here is this story, sworn to as Hanford says and apparently acquiesced in by Billy McLoughlin and Cad.


  57. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "acquiesced" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.