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Acquiesce
"Acquiesce" in a Sentence (19 examples)
He will never acquiesce.
Tom will never acquiesce.
Mennad cannot acquiesce to this request.
I cannot acquiesce to this request.
Transparency International is a civil society group that monitors corruption and publishes reports that name and shame countries which acquiesce to dirty business practices.
Tom won't acquiesce.
The representatives of the good people of this commonwealth in general assembly convened, having maturely considered the answers of sundry states in the Union, to their resolutions passed at the last session, respecting certain unconstitutional laws of Congress, commonly called the alien and sedition laws, would be faithless indeed to themselves, and to those they represent, were they silently to acquiesce in principles and doctrines attempted to be maintained in all those answers, that of Virginia only excepted.
They were compelled to acquiesce in a government which they did not regard as just.
Cathy was a powerful ally at home; and between them they at length persuaded my master to acquiesce in their having a ride or a walk together about once a week, under my guardianship, and on the moors nearest the Grange: for June found him still declining.
If a minority, in such case, will secede rather than acquiesce, they make a precedent which, in turn, will divide and ruin them; for a minority of their own will secede from them whenever a majority refuses to be controlled by such minority.
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"They" might be ruining the world, but Mitchell's characters, by doing nothing but bitching, are only acquiescing in that ruin, and that is a luxury that neither they — nor we — can afford.
Equally remarkable was how quickly Attorney General Pam Bondi acquiesced to his [Donald Trump's] demand, even though four months ago the Justice Department formally declared that nothing in the Epstein files warranted further investigation.
to acquiesce in an opinion
I entirely acquiesce in all the observations you make in your letter; they are worthy of your heart and understanding;
I may be forced to acquiesce in these recent developments, but I can hardly be expected to make merry over them.
Langdon could tell there would be no deterring her and so he acquiesced, turning his attention back to the pyramid.
The episode also opens with an inspired bit of business for Homer, who blithely refuses to acquiesce to an elderly neighbor’s utterly reasonable request that he help make the process of selling her house easier by wearing pants when he gallivants about in front of windows, throw out his impressive collection of rotting Jack-O-Lanterns from previous Halloweens and take out his garbage, as it’s attracting wildlife (cue moose and Northern Exposure theme song).
So I acquiesce, I say "alright, I'll work Ryback", and I go up to Ryan, "hey man, clean slate"
The job of His Majesty's Opposition - especially as election time looms - is to provide well-worked-out alternatives to government plans, not to acquiesce in what could prove to be a disastrous policy for rail passengers.
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