consented

Example Sentences

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When the detective asked her to take a polygraph, she consented.

From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026

The child’s hospital had begun using AI to record visits—and her husband had unknowingly consented.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025

The bodies are preserved and, if donors consented, some parts are removed and retained for further teaching.

From BBC • Oct. 11, 2025

The Cambridge graduate had initially consented to treatment, the coroner said, adding that "doubts about consent only surfaced after Mrs Shemirani became involved".

From BBC • Oct. 2, 2025

But as she was sleepier than any of them—she’d been rubbing her eyes for an hour—she consented to adjourn the meeting.

From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart