consent
verb (used without object)
to permit, approve, or agree; comply or yield (often followed by to or an infinitive).
was consenting
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past progressiveof consent.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Sánchez announced at a meeting with the leaders of regional governments Wednesday that he was consenting to their appeals to extend mask-wearing rules, his office said.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 22, 2021
Jacobs said that he “had the impression” that Garza was consenting to his hugs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2021
And Saul was consenting unto his death.—Acts vi, 8-15; vii, 1-2, 54-56; viii, 1.
From The Doré Gallery of Bible Illustrations, Volume 9 by Gustave Doré
SIR, If, notwithstanding your prohibition, I should be silent, on occasion of your last, you would, perhaps, conclude, that I was consenting to go to my uncle Antony's upon the condition you mention.
From Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 2 by Samuel Richardson
George felt that he was consenting to the ruin of a defenseless man, assisting to drive him forth, a wanderer and an outcast.
From Ranching for Sylvia by Harold Bindloss
