RELINQUISH in a Sentence
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48 example sentences for RELINQUISH, such as:
1. You might relinquish that scheme.
2. She relinquished her claim to the property.
3. He has relinquished his claim to the throne.
4. He was therefore forced to relinquish his plan.
5. He had relinquished all hope that she was alive.
2. She relinquished her claim to the property.
3. He has relinquished his claim to the throne.
4. He was therefore forced to relinquish his plan.
5. He had relinquished all hope that she was alive.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of RELINQUISH
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relinquish
v. give up something with reluctance; retire from; give up or abandon
Classic Sentence: (42 in 3 pages)
1 Everyone had his own idea on that subject and was loath to relinquish it, just as everyone had ideas about the color and cut of the uniforms.
2 He was therefore forced to relinquish his plan.
3 They soon relinquish this turbulence though, and when about three-fourths grown, break up, and separately go about in quest of settlements, that is, harems.
4 This amount I was compelled to make up, or relinquish the privilege of hiring my time.
5 They jerked at it, stout and furious, but the color sergeant was dead, and the corpse would not relinquish its trust.
6 but no trace of her has been discovered, and we relinquish.
7 You might relinquish that scheme.
8 I would not so soon relinquish the attempt to reconquer it.
9 One thing was manifest to both of us, and that was, that until relief came, neither of us could relinquish the fire.
10 That she would never waver in it, never be diverted from it, never relinquish it, while there was any chance of hope.
11 I will do anything you desire, except relinquish my determination of finding out who this man is.
12 His fervid nature could not afford to relinquish one of these, though two of the three were as many as he could hope to preserve.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context Highlight In BOOK 3: 4 An Hour of Bliss and Many Hours of Sadness
Context Highlight In BOOK 3: 4 An Hour of Bliss and Many Hours of Sadness
13 Now, Planchet has an excellent memory; and I will be bound that sooner than relinquish any possible means of vengeance, he will allow himself to be beaten to death.
14 But were the circumstances of the country other than they are these communities would be forced to make attempts to extend their dominions, and be constrained to relinquish their present peaceful mode of life.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context Highlight In BOOK 2: CHAPTER XIX.
Context Highlight In BOOK 2: CHAPTER XIX.
15 The child, relinquished by the nurse, rushed across the room and rooted shyly into her mother's dress.
Example Sentence:
1 On the other hand, he knew that the Countess Astaride, having gone so far, would never again relinquish her ambitions.
2 She relinquished her claim to the property.
3 He has relinquished his claim to the throne.
4 He had relinquished all hope that she was alive.
5 I left my parents' house, relinquished my estate and my patrimony.
6 They drilled horizontally, then pummelled shale with sand and water, a process known as fracking, until the rock relinquished its oil and gas.