relenting 1 of 2

present participle of relent
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relenting

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adjective

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of relenting
Adjective
Then again, anyone can yell at you remotely without relenting. Richard Siken august 26, Literary Hub, 26 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for relenting
Verb
  • Bin Laden outlasted Bellevue, too, before succumbing.
    Ben McGrath, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Police say that she was shot in the neck by a rifle, surviving long enough to make it to a nearby resident’s front door in an apparent attempt to seek help just a few minutes before succumbing to her injury.
    Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 26 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer deaths among women, behind lung cancer, although death rates have been decreasing over the last three decades.
    Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 1 Oct. 2025
  • The fabric was woven with regenerative cotton from Spain and dyed with Candiani’s Indigo Juice technology, which keeps the dye superficial on yarns, decreasing the energy, water, and chemicals consumption.
    Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 30 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • This merciful act of sportsmanship came a month before Stewart’s tragic death on a chartered jet.
    Ian O'Connor, New York Times, 24 Sep. 2025
  • May he be received into the merciful arms of our loving Savior who suffered and died for Charlie.
    Amanda Castro Gabe Whisnant Anna Commander Toby Meyjes Shane Croucher John Feng Joshua Rhett Miller, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Even something as basic as submitting documents to the correct immigration judge has become more challenging, Cartwright said.
    Noe Padilla, IndyStar, 29 Sep. 2025
  • The pick underscores China’s steady shift over the past decade of submitting large-scale historical narratives with potent national symbolism instead of the arthouse human dramas that more regularly win the country’s filmmakers acclaim overseas.
    Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 29 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • From the Luddites smashing looms in 19th-century England to autoworkers walking out over the introduction of robots to the factory floor in the 1980s, resistance has flared before either being crushed or subsiding, giving way to the new economies and social orders the technologies ushered in.
    Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
  • During the recent measles outbreak centered in Texas, the Pandemic Center’s data contradicted Kennedy’s assertions that the crisis was subsiding, Jennifer Nuzzo, the director of the Pandemic Center, told me.
    Yasmin Tayag, The Atlantic, 17 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Gold also gains appeal when interest rates fall, as lower yields reduce the opportunity cost of holding the non-yielding asset.
    Yun Li, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Yields on savings accounts and bonds decline, making non-yielding assets like gold more attractive.
    Frank Holmes, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Daniel Farke was not so forgiving in relation to Ao Tanaka’s foul on Alex Scott in the 93rd minute against Bournemouth.
    Stuart James, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
  • The computer zone is rectangular and rulebook-precise, not the more forgiving oval umpires have called for decades.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 23 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • But Nicklaus picked up Jacklin's ball marker, conceding the 3-foot putt, which resulted in the Ryder Cup ending in a tie.
    Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 24 Sep. 2025
  • After conceding twice in the first 31 minutes, things could have become ugly.
    Jay Harris, New York Times, 21 Sep. 2025

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“Relenting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/relenting. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.

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