How to Use relent in a Sentence

relent

verb

• The winds would not relent.
• Our application was initially refused, but the city relented in the end and the permit was issued.
• They had refused to pay and relented only after being threatened with a lawsuit.
• With each hit and each strike call, the crowd didn’t relent.
  — Nick Alvarez | [e-mail], al, 28 May 2023
• The first two episodes were meant to have this pace that doesn’t relent.
  — J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 27 July 2023
• When a last-minute deal was reached with the White House, many of them relented.
  — Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2023
• In the face of the protests, the commissioners relented — a bit.
  — Monica Potts, ABC News, 6 Nov. 2023
• The market would not relent and the central bank made good on its word.
  — John Kicklighter, Forbes, 25 Apr. 2022
• The flames spread quickly and, with no water to douse them, Chuck was forced to relent.
  — Michael Cabanatuan, San Francisco Chronicle, 28 July 2022
• And when the second half started, the Jaguars’ defense did not relent.
  — Creg Stephenson | [e-mail], al, 24 Sep. 2022
• The Cardinals didn't relent and held Marsh to 4 of 11 passing.
  — Alexis Cubit, The Courier-Journal, 24 Sep. 2022
• The Swamp is a real-deal road atmosphere with a crowd that did not relent for three hours.
  — Josh Newman, The Salt Lake Tribune, 4 Sep. 2022
• The forces arrayed against gun control will not relent.
  — Los Angeles Times, 25 May 2022
• Walden relented and decided to give the first Black female news boss more time in the role.
  — Lachlan Cartwright, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Feb. 2024
• The heavy winds were not expected to relent Sunday, Baines said.
  — Tess Williams, Anchorage Daily News, 2 Jan. 2022
• The Seawolves would not relent and outscored the Red Leafs 17-7 in the fourth quarter to force an extra period.
  — Josh Reed, Anchorage Daily News, 27 Jan. 2023
• While that bomb gave the Cavs a bit of breathing room heading into the fourth quarter, the Wizards didn’t relent.
  — Chris Fedor, cleveland, 24 Oct. 2022
• Even when Prigozhin relented, the bell of his open challenge against the Kremlin could not be unrung.
  — Alexander Smith, NBC News, 24 Aug. 2023
• The Orioles’ bats at last relented from there, but right-hander Kyle Bradish did not.
  — Nathan Ruiz, Baltimore Sun, 6 July 2023
• But Huffman hasn’t relented in his plan to charge for API access; rather, he’s dug in his heels.
  — Scott Nover, Quartz, 20 June 2023
• Davis did not want her cellphone searched, but relented in order to leave.
  — John Tufts, The Indianapolis Star, 2 Aug. 2023
• The inspector never showed up, Lilia said, but the landlords didn’t relent, and the couple vacated the basement by the end of the month.
  — Laura Rodríguez Presa, chicagotribune.com, 31 Mar. 2022
• On Wednesday, Schumer relented on his hard-line stance.
  — Allison Pecorin, ABC News, 20 Sep. 2023
• By Monday morning, the board appeared ready to relent, at least partly.
  — Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 5 Dec. 2022
• The brown-and-white hawk briefly relented, hovering a few feet overhead before swooping down again to try to wrest the snake from Jones.
  — Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post, 8 Aug. 2023
• Plenty of clients will relent, but others push back, maybe even insist.
  — Stephen Wallis, ELLE Decor, 6 July 2023
• Tuesday’s deadly shooting was the latest in a long string of violence in the region over the past year and a half that shows no sign of relenting.
  — Isabel Debre, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 June 2023
• Ian does finally relent and tell Kaheroton that God chose him to be with her.
  — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 28 Mar. 2022
• Alarmed bystanders begged Chauvin to relent, but he was unmoved.
  — Rebecca Rosenberg, Fox News, 28 Dec. 2021
• By the end, Bell is exhausted, seemingly ready to relent.
  — Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2022

Last Updated: 3 May 2024