The governor was about to acquiesce in this suggestion, little as he liked it, when a new proposition was made, that at first seemed so strange that no one believed it could be put in execution, but to which all assented in the end.
Yes, father," assented Betty meekly, but mentally she ground her teeth.
True," assented the Governor, nodding to Alden, who quietly replaced the bottle in the case whence he had taken it.
His father persuaded him to relinquish the former step, but assented to his adopting the latter; and he paid close attention to engineering.
The Directory assented to Bonaparte's plans the more readily because they were anxious to keep so popular a leader, the idol of the army, at a great distance from the centre of government.
The request was not fully assented to, although it was reinforced by an order from the Porte.
Of course not," assentedthe other, somewhat amused.
Ferguson was delighted with the society to which he was introduced, and at once assented to a proposition, that he should become one of their number--a sharer in their dangers and profits.
This was assented to, and upon his being addressed, he suggested that Hodges ought to give the witness a present, as having been by when the cross was found, and that he should keep it.
Williams sullenly assented to the order to pitch high and out and waste two balls.
All right," assented Bobby with genuine and astonishing indifference.
However, she assented to the expedition with alacrity.
To this arrangement Marie assented and took back the cheque.
He would have given much, very much, to have been sufficiently master of himself to have assented without hesitation;--but then the weight within was so very heavy!
My wife warmly assented to both; adding, that there was nothing she more ardently wished than to give her girls a single winter's polishing.
To this piece of humour, for she intended it for wit, my daughters assented with a loud laugh of pleasure.
Pérousse, rising at the same time, assented smilingly.
With pleasure," assented Leroy; "We will come at once!
He assented therefore to her proposal, provided her removal took place without delay.
He did not discountenance the inference which she drew from this circumstance, and assented to the justice of the picture which she drew of the calamitous state to which Whiston and his sister would be reduced by the indisposition of either.
If such a principle be innate, it must be found regulating practice everywhere; or, at the lowest, it must be known and assented to.
It may be maintained that the excellence of the three virtues named is not universally assented to; departures from them being allowed both in practice and in theory.
Yes," assented Mr. Nelson, who was down at the shore for the week-end.
Well, perhaps you're right," assented Allen, as he bent over the cipher.
Well, you're welcome to have a go at it," assented Mr. Nelson.
Mollie assented and the two were soon strolling down the strand, looking in advance for a sight of their chums.
So she says," assented Hepatica, studying her note again, with a care not to look at me which made me quite as self-conscious as if she had.
No," assented Nort, "and I s'pose I might have expected to find one or more in these hills.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "assented" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
