relented

Given that it was a present for him, and that men, including my husband, are notoriously difficult to shop for, I relented.

The city relented, but the mayor asked the Secret Service to formally request the closure in a letter that could be made public.

Realizing the book was going to happen whether he wanted it to or not, Moses relented.

But they asked me about America—for they had been there—and I relented.

But the photographer was persistent, and Minsky eventually relented.

But at tea-time she almost relented when she saw Teddy look into the sugar-bowl, and turn away without taking a single lump.

She looked at once so fragile and so devoted that on the spur of the moment I relented, and we stayed in Venice four more days.

My confusion was so evident that the good dean relented and confessed that he was imposing upon my ignorance.

Mr. Balfour, at any rate, relented from his policy of more oppression.

Many, indeed, have already relented—but let their interceding voices be heard before it is too late.