assenting
Example Sentences
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Isaac Mwaura, spokesperson for the current Kenyan government, told the BBC that the authorities were "very co-operative with the protesters and acceded to the demands, including the president not assenting to the finance bill".
From BBC • Oct. 11, 2024
That’s certainly how the characters feel in the early episodes, quietly assenting to the fate suggested in their bad marriages, puzzling children and unfulfilling jobs.
From New York Times • Apr. 1, 2023
That’s because assenting to a religion is not like choosing to be a Republican or a Democrat.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 27, 2020
Seven months later, he blamed his financial woes on a nationwide “depression,” refused to admit that the Taj was bankrupt, and then signed a four-page document assenting to bankruptcy proceedings.
From Washington Post • Apr. 20, 2020
I mean to say something sharp, or nonchalant, but the only sound that escapes me is an assenting noise, squeezed tight by my swollen throat.
From "Insurgent" by Veronica Roth
