Example Sentences

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And the fall hurt Perry a little, even accustomed as he was to the taking of blows yieldingly.

From Winner Take All by Evans, Larry

"Well, it only makes fifty apiece," Francie yieldingly smiled.

From The Reverberator by James, Henry

Matilda was beginning to whimper yieldingly, when a knock sounded at their door.

From No. 13 Washington Square by Scott, Leroy

"Do—do you so much mind, then?" she asked yieldingly.

From The Tigress by Warner, Anne

It was wrong, I know," replied Katey yieldingly; "yet Heaven knows it was no pastime.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 355, May 1845 by Various