Sentence examples for was relent from inspiring English sources

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was relent

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To become less severe or intense; to become less hard, harsh, or cruel; to soften in temper; to become more mild and tender; to feel compassion.

  • He relented of his plan to murder his opponent, and decided just to teach him a lesson instead.

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Ending those old-fashioned recessions was easy because all the Fed had to do was relent.

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The Bank, however, thinks that a cycle of begging for funds from rich nations, then giving them away, would be devastating to its financial independence.In principle, dollars will go further if they are lent rather than given away: money that is repaid, after all, can be relent.

Lo! Allah is relenting, merciful".

By tonight, there were signs that Congressional Republicans were relenting.

Despite her plans to take action with the three properties, her critics do not all think she is relenting.

Even now FIFA, the international soccer governing body, is wary of allowing Iraq to play at home, but it is relenting some in recognition of the improved security.

Ulysses Yannas, an analyst with Buckman, Buckman & Reid, thinks Xerox shares are overpriced at their current mid-teens level, but he is relenting a bit.

While Ms. Pelosi is relenting despite her longtime opposition to drilling off the coast of California, her home state, Republicans may not get the vote they wanted.

On Friday, Mr. Bush's campaign appeared to be relenting, and the Bush and Gore camps are expected to meet with the commission's staff later this week.

But country, as seen through the CMAs, is relenting a bit: not to Ms. Swift, who has won the top prize twice before but who was shut out this year, but to Blake Shelton, who has increased his profile, and that of his genre, exponentially as one of the judge-mentors on "The Voice," the NBC reality competition.

After a great deal of hemming and hawing, President Obama is relenting on the idea of including in his reform bill a national law that would pre-empt these anti-competition state laws.

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