acquiesce
Frequently Asked Questions
- They are threatening to terminate the contract if we don’t acquiesce to the new terms.
- If you were to ask politely, I would be inclined to acquiesce.
- I’m afraid they will never acquiesce, regardless of what offer we make.
Example Sentences
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I’d rather be called a prude than acquiesce to society’s slow drift into vice.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 14, 2026
Though he’s been asked to try to neutralize his accent in English, he’s not eager to acquiesce.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2026
If she knows you are willing to acquiesce to such a significant demand, it will be unlikely to end there.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 29, 2026
"You will be the same person that will castigate us if we acquiesce to accepting Venezuelan prisoners into Nigeria," he added.
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2025
She seemed not only to acquiesce, to be reconciled to her life and marriage, but to be actually proud of it.
From "Absalom, Absalom!" by William Faulkner
The officer quickly acquiesces and tells the staffer to “close the door.”
From Salon ● Jan. 28, 2026
He will hope the new leader acquiesces to his plea to be allowed to remain in the job until next May.
From BBC ● Jan. 2, 2026
“Their relationship is interesting, because the second that Olivia is around her big sister in person, she actually acquiesces to her,” Olagundoye says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2024
My son acquiesces to her to avoid arguments.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 15, 2022
She does nothing, but she admits his attentions and acquiesces in his devotion; at the same time there is not the smallest evidence that she treats him as a lover.
From The Greville Memoirs A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV and King William IV, Vol. II by Reeve, Henry
He made a case to your grandmother to reduce your inheritance to 10% from one-third and she acquiesced.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 6, 2026
The Motion Picture Association and the U.S. ambassador to Canada had pressed the country to change the policy, and the government acquiesced late Wednesday.
From Barron's ● Jun. 4, 2026
It felt like he had that level of power, and everyone essentially acquiesced and you had this sort of anticipatory obedience.
From Slate ● Mar. 30, 2026
Leadership acquiesced, putting a near-total pause on humanities Ph.D. applications this fall.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2025
The chief extends his hand toward my dad, who takes it in his own—but when I see my dad’s face, he seems almost as surprised as I am that’s he’s acquiesced to this handshake.
From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed
Big banks have already been acquiescing to Musk’s unusual demands, including paying up front for Grok subscriptions, thus juicing SpaceX’s flagging A.I. revenue.
From Slate ● May 15, 2026
That said, you are not wrong or rude for not acquiescing to their every suggestion.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 26, 2025
Google is also named as a defendant in the lawsuit and is alleged to “knowingly acquiescing in, failing to remedy, and materially assisting the unauthorized access” into Ritter’s accounts despite being provided notice.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 20, 2025
Although Red Bull had already decided to ditch Perez, he was reluctant to leave and his management sought the best possible compensation agreement before acquiescing.
From BBC ● Dec. 18, 2024
By acquiescing in an act that can cause such suffering to a living creature, who among us is not diminished as a human being?
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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