Indeed, my knees began togive way of their own mere motion; but reflection came to my aid.
Come, don't give way," for he had cast himself upon his face.
Seeing my eye fixed upon him, he went outside to give way to his grief in the passage.
Accustomed to give way to sudden bursts of anger, but quickly mastering them, he would find it difficult to be compelled to preserve his self-restraint, no matter how dreadful the discoveries might be.
I grieved as much as the unfortunate parents; I went out and took a long ramble in the woods to give way to my sad feelings.
She laid down close by me, and kept on her chatting, although I did not understand a word of what she said, for in that singular position, and unwilling to give way to my ardent desires, I remained as still as a log.
Yet I put her tears to the account of her wounded self-love; to give wayentirely I needed a thorough conviction, and to obtain it evidence was necessary, probability was not enough.
It is needless to say how cheerfully he was obeyed.
Many men must have been needed to finish such an edifice; ay, and men gifted with strength and skill too!
Then laughing in his quiet manner he released the reins and said-- "Now, let them give play to their legs; but keep on the old fog to deaden the sounds.
But as I don't intend to give way to you, perhaps the less we speak together about it the better.
Clergymen are subject to the same passions as other men; and, as far as I can see, give way to them, in one line or in another, almost as frequently.
If, however, the patrons and clerical members of this Church are bold enough to disregard all general rules of decent behaviour, we think we may predict that this chivalrous feeling will be found to give way.
He wished that the giants might prevail in everything, in bishoprics as in all other matters; and he could not understand that they should give way on the very first appearance of a skirmish.
You have unreasonable people acting for you, Arabella, and of course I don't mean to give way to them.
But we don't appoint a man without inquiry as to his fitness,--and if a man can't do his duty he has to give way to some one who can.
It was understood at home that Mr. Masters should attend this club every Saturday from eight till eleven, but that he was not at any other time to give way to the fascinations of the Bush.
I won't give way again," and he took her in his arms and let her cry away some of the pain in her heart.
It is not in his nature togive way to fatal habits.
Of course you'd give way, and of course we should have the young woman here, and of course we should make the best of it.
But Johnny's pride could not allow him to give way.
He knows his own innocence, and therefore he is unwilling to give way in anything.
I fear he'll have to give way to the bishop at last," Lord Lufton had said.
And lastly, a good many delegates who have accepted the Constitution in good faith desire its application as soon as possible, and that the Convention should fulfill its promise of abdication, so as to give way to a new Assembly.
The result is that the constitutional maxims of 1789 give way to radically opposed maxims; instead of subjecting the government to the people, the people is made subject to the government.
The Throne is at last down; but "be careful not to give way to false pity!
D'Artagnan was forced to give way; indeed, he was little short of being flat on the ground.
She was immensely tempted to give way to her natural trust in him, revived by the deep and now melancholy tones of his voice, and to tell him of her love, and of what had changed it.
But in the ordinary marriage, is it necessary to give way to one's husband?
She had not weakened in her resolve not to give way, for reflection had only made her more bitterly certain that, if she gave way, it would be to her own wish and not to his.
He had but one idea in his head: not to give way to the tremendous fit of rage that was urging him to rush at Daubrecq like a bull.
She really seemed to understand what I meant, and promised to keep quiet and not to give way to her absurd jealousy.
However, he finally persuaded me to give way, and I pacified his tender conscience by a few trifling alterations.
I had continually to remonstrate with them about habits on their part, which I on my side felt unable to overlook, and tried to prove, on common-sense grounds, how impossible it was to give way to them.
First of all, Great Britain was determined to have Fashoda or fight; and as soon as this was made clear, the French were willing to give way.
But for all his power and influence he was forced to give way.
Had Baring refused to give way, it is probable that he would have been overruled.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "give way" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
