Relenting

Examples

• Jaelthe stern woman; sat apart, relenting somewhat over her captive; but more prone to dwell on the faithful expectation of Heber coming home. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• There was no pause, no pity, no peace, no interval of relenting rest, no measurement of time. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• But Mr. Garth was already relenting. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Celia could not help relenting. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• And with a relenting smile, he added, I come home to be happy and indulgent. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• I was not beaten, or starved; but the wrong that was done to me had no intervals of relenting, and was done in a systematic, passionless manner. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• He just stood looking at her so wistfully, so tenderly, that she found her heart relenting in spite of herself. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• Mr. Knightley could not impute to Emma a more relenting heart than she possessed, or a heart more disposed to accept of his. Jane Austen. Emma.
• He knew that he was cruel, but he had no relenting in him yet. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• He quitted the room when Bella had said this, relenting in her wilful inconsistent way. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• I would, said the Norman, somewhat relenting, that I had known of this before. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.

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