Sentence examples for and acquiescence from inspiring English sources

It needs its silence and acquiescence.

They can't forgive him for his silence and acquiescence.

In Congress, however, President Bush's invasion met with easy praise and acquiescence.

Most depressing to him was the increased political apathy and acquiescence of his fellow citizens in this rising paternalism.

This is a country accustomed to command and control on one side, and order and acquiescence on the other.

By David Remnick As leader of the Palestinian Israelis, Odeh is accused of both disloyalty and acquiescence.

"Double standards in the fight against terror and acquiescence in religious extremism do no good to any party," thundered China Daily, an official newspaper, this week.

That privilege is his unless he has thrown it away by silence and acquiescence when there was need of speech and protest.

Texas claims any such islands existing prior to 1848 by prescription and acquiescence, but, plainly, a State may not acquire property from the United States in this manner.

Such self-censorship, Ms. Gilligan suggests, is all too common, an unconscious accommodation to a patriarchal culture that continues to reward female docility and acquiescence.

The problem, of course, is that anything short of complete and utter acquiescence and compliance constitutes resistance.