Sentence examples for long assent from inspiring English sources

The movie discharged the assorted resentments that not only Christina but some of the audience had built up in its long assent to Crawford's presumptions and demands, and to her stardom itself.

I long ago assented to DeLillo's unspoken premise that fiction exaggerates the ever-weakening power of motive in human dealings.

I long ago assented to DeLillo's unspoken premise — that fiction exaggerates the ever-weakening power of motive in human dealings.

Uganda would probably approve such a plan, and Rwanda might assent, so long as Angolan troops did not come too close to its borders.

A request for ministerial intervention – which can allow an asylum seeker to relodge a protection claim with the minister's permission – will be no barrier to involuntary deportation as long as it has the assent of the assistant secretary of the onshore protection division.

"When I make art," Nathan heard his drunken voice intone, "I...(long silence)............ .. "YESSSSSS," Lobdell assented solemnly.

But Afghanistan cannot go for long without politicians who command wide assent.

They said the question of where to place the remains was settled long ago, with the relatives' knowledge and assent, and need not be revisited.

The long-term budget proposal needs Parliament's assent.

I simply assented to the faith that had long been latent within me.

Precepts that members of the policy elite have long treated as self-evident no longer command the backing or assent of the American people.