ASSENT in a Sentence
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103 example sentences for ASSENT, such as:
1. Parliament gave its assent to war.
2. It was as much as I could do to assent.
3. Mr. Spenlow apologetically murmured his assent.
4. Alexey Alexandrovitch bowed his head in assent.
5. Medicine is, by common assent, a good profession.
2. It was as much as I could do to assent.
3. Mr. Spenlow apologetically murmured his assent.
4. Alexey Alexandrovitch bowed his head in assent.
5. Medicine is, by common assent, a good profession.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of ASSENT
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assent
v. to agree or express agreement
n. agreement with a statement or proposal to do something
Classic Sentence: (99 in 7 pages)
1 They all looked their assent; it seemed too awful a moment for speech.
2 Mr. Pumblechook winked assent; from which I at once inferred that he had never seen Miss Havisham, for she was nothing of the kind.
3 It was as much as I could do to assent.
4 He meant Ham, who beamed with delight and assent over the bag of shrimps.
5 I thanked her, without making any demonstration of joy, lest it should induce her to withdraw her assent.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context Highlight In CHAPTER 10. I BECOME NEGLECTED, AND AM PROVIDED FOR
Context Highlight In CHAPTER 10. I BECOME NEGLECTED, AND AM PROVIDED FOR
6 Mr. Barkis turned his eyes upon me, as if for my assent to this result of his reflections in bed; and I gave it.
7 I murmured an assent, which was full of feeling, considering that I knew nothing at all about him; and I inquired what Mr. Traddles was by profession.
8 Mr. Spenlow apologetically murmured his assent.
9 I nodded assent to the pretty inquiry of the raised eyebrows, and kissed the parted lips.
10 Alexey Alexandrovitch bowed his head in assent.
11 Receiving her assent, he said to his wife in French something about caring less to smoke than to talk.
12 Her voice was raised questioningly, as though she hung on Gerald's assent to her plan, a mere formality but one dear to the heart of Gerald.
13 It was the threat of the convent that finally won the assent of bewildered and heartstricken Pierre Robillard.
14 Scarlett could only nod, a strangled feeling in her throat, and she gently pressed the hand she held by way of assent.
15 But his box contained only a line of rapturous assent from Gerty, and he was turning away disappointed when he was hailed by a voice from the smoking room.
Example Sentence:
1 Parliament gave its assent to war.
2 Once the directors have given their assent to the proposal we can begin.
3 Medicine is, by common assent, a good profession.
4 It gives me great pleasure to assent to your request.