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    1. "If he can't stay here, then I can't stay here!" Every ounce of me wanted to reason with her, convince her to stay, but I know Sabrina would never relent, not this time


    2. sleep, but she would occasionally relent with a short tale


    3. 14Who knows? He may turn and relent and leave behind a blessing—


    4. Upon reflection he realised it was wiser to relent,


    5. didn’t relent until we were out of view


    6. And Hermes would convince Odysseus’s love-smitten captor to relent


    7. But the raging God wouldn’t relent


    8. Maro realized the trap and sighed as Tullius chose not to relent


    9. Nightmares that just won’t relent


    10. She pried Becky from Joss’s arms, forcing him to relent his hold on her

    11. The oars were never allowed to relent the fast pace that was dictated by a drum in the belly of the ship


    12. Despite Izio’s pleas, Lolek refused to relent


    13. don’t , they know who’s a “softie” and who is always going to relent or bend the rules


    14. “What?” She says it like she expects him to relent, but her wide eyes and ashen face suggest otherwise


    15. glory and destructive pride? 19 Let us have compassion on our age and relent over the years of our mother


    16. I expected my brothers to relent, but they fed like I was their first


    17. He turned slowly to face the perpetrator, while Zacchaeus refused to relent from my neck


    18. I told him I wanted a feed, and he was the closest possible option, but he still didn’t relent


    19. In frustration, I had to relent, feeding regularly and allowing Jacques to care for me


    20. When she refused to relent, I growled

    21. We are merely challenged to conform, relent, tolerate, work harder, have more faith, and be more charitable


    22. 15 Now let us consider the matter; had any of them been weak spirited and cowardly among them what reasonings would they have employed but these? 16 O wretched that we are and exceeding senseless! when the king exhorts us and calls us to his bounty should we not obey him? 17 Why do we cheer ourselves with vain counsels and venture on a disobedience bringing death? 18 Shall we not fear O brethren the instruments of torture and weigh the threatenings of torment and shun this vain-glory and destructive pride? 19 Let us have compassion on our age and relent over the years of our mother


    23. It’s a step up from mercy because mercy means to relent punishment


    24. Grace doesn’t just relent deserved punishment, it also blesses you with the greatest gifts you could receive! (Like the inheritance of God!) Grace is also known as the manifestation of God’s life in us


    25. He knows, now, that pharaoh will never relent


    26. Sebastian turned at the door and the pleading in his eyes made Rex relent


    27. ‘Hey! You’re supposed to beg me to relent! Not give in to my logic!’


    28. begging God that he relent


    29. Never did he relent, always he was virulent


    30. back to the faith that God had sent, for the Lord would not relent

    31. I thought she would relent but she never did


    32. know until the master signifies it is okay to relent


    33. They wanted sin and idolatry; he wouldn’t relent


    34. We did not wish this war, but now that the Terran Federation Council has forced it on us, we will not relent until we win our rights to freedom and independence


    35. John repeatedly tried to dissuade him from what would surely be a career ending, and possibly a life ending decision, but he would not relent


    36. relent in our mission


    37. A defiant Modi refused to relent


    38. ” But she knew he would not relent until she had given him an answer, and so she said, “It was a challenge trying to befriend Ailia when she was in love with you


    39. As she failed to yield, he riveted near her to make her relent


    40. slain by their hands? I will not relent! THE HUMANS WILL PAY!

    41. Azura did not relent


    42. woke up, before he would relent and eat any-


    43. “…and whose hearts have been hardened…”: in reference to those whose hearts do not relent when they are reminded of God


    44. new life – will not relent until it has ushered in a new era for all peoples of


    45. Finally, mercifully, Sue did relent


    46. Others may object, but with time they will relent


    47. She hated the editor’s bluster and uncouth manners, but she was used to them and knew he would relent after he had vented his spleen


    48. His eyes wished Olin to relent and let the matter come to an end


    49. Refusing to relent the Devata spread out his jeweled net over the Ashura and trapped him


    50. object will not relent form in favour of gravity
























    1. Herndon relented, only to remain on the same plane


    2. During this time Kate finally relented and admitted the truth to herself; she was pregnant too! She told Jake first, who approved loudly, and then laid the news on Daniel


    3. Alexis had relented and put me amongst the girls at the back


    4. Satisfied at their reassurances, she relented and enjoyed the rest of the evening, laughing and joking with them with all her heart


    5. At last he relented


    6. that they would, and young man at last relented


    7. preparing to leave a short time later, she at last relented


    8. to stop me, but I had me, but i had not relented


    9. He never relented once he seethed at some perceived offense


    10. That evening as Nerissa brought the sheep back in the shed, Athena had finally relented

    11. I relented, moving to a standing position


    12. Then, from the other side of Joss, a skinny wisp of a girl stepped into my view, and I relented


    13. As the pull relented, Jimmy could not quite quantify the kind of relief he now felt


    14. I relented and offered nothing once more


    15. What about a spring flood? Then he relented, having spent too many hours with the Weather Station TV to miss much


    16. Defiance flickered in the girl’s eyes for a moment, but then she relented


    17. She started to put the mobile down, but relented


    18. She relented to the pressure of a finger crooked below her chin allowing her face to be lifted


    19. But then he relented


    20. “Well; we are supposed to coordinate with Belgian Intelligence,” I relented somewhat

    21. Then, for no apparent reason, he relented


    22. “Maybe you’re right,” he relented


    23. But it finally relented


    24. when Jeremiah hesitantly relented to release the traitor from under his foot


    25. I could have relented, pushed him aside, I was stronger, but a piece of me didn’t want to, a part of me wanted to listen to him


    26. Finally, Jack relented and gave it a try


    27. felt a lecture on accepting the situation coming on, but Lisa relented


    28. Later, after suffering a beating by both troopers, Mike relented and the Gardner Lake FD was called


    29. DOC finally relented and told me that Mike would be released 1-12-12 and that they would give me 3 days’ advance notice of his release so that I could drive up from Florida and take physical custody of him for as long as I deemed necessary [also until one of our condos no longer had a tenant]


    30. My father finally relented and told me that if I managed to graduate (unlikely, he thought, because I was married, which he felt would distract me, or even cause me to drop out), he would reimburse me for the tuition I paid

    31. Connie relented, and characteristically sighed, indicating


    32. The Commander had relented when Buey Dan had said she was making atonement for a grievous crime against the Liber�ation, and that he would assume total responsibility for her actions


    33. Finally he relented, and took the glass


    34. Trask gave him a big phony grin as if to confirm his guess, then relented


    35. Trask felt tempted to apply the cold shoulder, but relented


    36. He didn’t look very happy when I suggested it, but finally he relented


    37. We finally relented, as we really had no choice once Fire Chief Matlin showed up


    38. I kept resisting but finally relented and said I would swim the one K race


    39. He had tried to decline, but the good Sister was quite stubborn — more so than his own stubborn tendencies — so he relented


    40. Joe relented and said they would see how it worked out

    41. After much persuasion she relented


    42. He pestered Bridget for swimming trunks and she eventually relented


    43. Joe pointed out to them that it was not very suitable to have a dog in such a confined area but relented in the end when they all promised to take it for walks in the nearby park


    44. After Bridget had calmed down she relented, “It’s too late to do anything about it now”


    45. He said something interesting about what happened when Victor came to give him his sentence?' Alice stared at him stubbornly then she relented and nodded


    46. After some time and continuing to meet Frank in the social circle at the ‘Dogs’ as they called Greyhound Racing, Ellen relented and agreed to give it a try


    47. After a few hours of lengthy and heated debate, and private talks with Boran and Junior, the team finally relented


    48. And the Lord consented and relented


    49. Alberto relented and sat down


    50. Walter relented as he always did, “Okay Henry, I accept that I was just as eager for the money as you were but let’s be realistic, Bridges isn’t going to play ball with us now











































    1. Their arguments continued on like that, sometimes late into the night without either one relenting


    2. released her brother, relenting


    3. Turning quickly away from the predawn brightening, he peered into the slowly relenting darkness where the lone fire of the Egyptian outpost had been


    4. slowly relenting darkness where the lone fire of the Egyptian outpost had been


    5. As we went over earlier mercy isn’t just relenting punishment, just as much as grace isn’t just unmerited favor, or enabling us with God’s life


    6. medical attention, Archie relenting only when he found it impossible to walk at


    7. Finally, it appeared that the woman was relenting


    8. ‘What is to be done when children don’t heed our word any more,’ said Janaki, as though relenting


    9. with furnishings from downstairs, and pretended they were to sleep there, only relenting after


    10. And that was relenting

    11. Relenting, she did as he asked, then immediately crossed her arms because she did feel cold


    12. Sionna was reflexively ready to protest and mock her sister, but she found herself relenting


    13. This resisting such relenting of form and consequently forming a frustrating barrier that blocks the free


    14. He glared back blankly and after a long pause spoke relenting “No human chicks need male sperm to hatch and no they are not white and they are invisible to human eye


    15. Had they, when they wronged themselves, come to you, and prayed for God's forgiveness, and the Messenger had prayed for their forgiveness, they would have found God Relenting and Merciful


    16. There was no pause, no pity, no peace, no interval of relenting rest, no measurement of time


    17. Laurie looked at her once or twice, but as she showed no sign of relenting, he felt injured, and turned his back on her till the others were done with him, when he made her a low bow and walked off without a word


    18. He just stood looking at her so wistfully, so tenderly, that she found her heart relenting in spite of herself


    19. the arms of the sweet relenting murderer of my virginity, who hung


    20. with his tears, without relenting

    21. The plague showed no signs of relenting


    22. "But how quick is the shift of passions from one extreme to another! and how little are they acquainted with the human heart who dispute it! I could not see this amiable criminal, so suddenly the first object of my love, and as suddenly of my just hate, on his knees, bedewing my hands with his tears, without relenting


    23. Here, the cold and misery showed no signs of relenting, and the only birds Alice heard as they walked to campus were crows


    24. Fred was feeling as good-naturedly as possible towards everybody, including Rigg; and having some relenting towards all these people who were less lucky than he was aware of being himself, he would not for the world have behaved amiss; still, it was particularly easy to laugh


    25. Garth was already relenting


    26. He knew that he was cruel, but he had no relenting in him yet


    27. He hated his own cruelty, and yet he dreaded to show the fulness of his relenting: he must go to her again; the friendship could not be put to a sudden end; and her unhappiness was a power which he dreaded


    28. Another burst of tears; but in spite of that burst, and in spite of that great black word miserable, which served to introduce it, Sir Thomas began to think a little relenting, a little change of inclination, might have something to do with it; and to augur favourably from the personal entreaty of the young man himself


    29. " Fanny thought she discerned in his standing there an indication of relenting, which encouraged her to another attempt, and she said, therefore, "It is a pity you should not join them


    30. “All right, you may do that,” said the doctor, relenting, and turning to an old woman with a white apron, he told her to call the prisoner—Nurse Maslova

    1. abounding in love, and he relents


    2. " Return to the Lord, your God, for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love; and he relents over disaster


    3. I only hope that the storm god relents and gives us a little more time, but I don’t hold out much hope


    4. Benes is about to let the pair have her feelings known – with nothing held back, but somehow, she relents, and instead only states that the two of them make a nice couple


    5. Life is unpredictable and sometimes relents on its harshness


    6. His grip on the aide never relents


    7. “She languishes there near six Months ere the Assizes, an’ whilst in Gaol grows greater-an’ greater-bellied—fer me own Infant Self was bloomin’ in her Womb—an’ when the Assizes comes ’round, the Mistress o’ the House relents, havin’ taken Pity on the Maid, an’ decides not to press Charges, an’ so the Maid is set free, an’ soon after brings me to me Birth


    8. Singer to close her store, Mother relents and tells you:


    9. Often packers and producers will hold at their bid or asking prices until later in the week when one relents, resulting in the cattle being sold


    10. Does he believe he has all this time been deceiving the Legislature? He had heard but one sentiment from the President, which is, that we must make war unless Great Britain relents

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    Synonyms for "relent"

    relent soften yield ease off relax

    "relent" definitions

    give in, as to influence or pressure