Example Sentences

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The MacDonald Cabinet was understood to have assented to this.

From Time Magazine Archive

He was anxious to see if the wheel worked, but at the same time “would gladly have assented to postpone the trial.”

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

There was so much justice in this, that we should doubtless have assented, had not his own wits finally asserted themselves.

From An American Girl Abroad by Trafton, Adeline

We have," assented Crosthwaite dryly, "judging by the state of von Eitelheimer's trousers.

From The Fight for Constantinople A Story of the Gallipoli Peninsula by Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)

I must have assented, however loth; but he saved me the trouble.

From My Lady Rotha A Romance by Weyman, Stanley J.