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till, thinking that this might after all be true, she relented, and said quite humbly, 'I beg your pardon, sir.

When I pressed him on his claim that he wasn't pessimistic, he paused for a moment and then relented a little.

"The captain at last relented, and told him that he might make himself at home" (Herman Melville).

Finally she relented to his request that she at least attend vocal training, only because " I had nothing better to do. "

Cynthia was more than curious, but she relented when she noticed the strain in her daughter's face.

But Madhusudan relented and let me off with just a taste of his pride-reducing power.

The Burmese military rulers, which had rejected most offers of foreign aid, finally relented under intense international pressure.

She only relented a few months later when my parents promised that I would go to college. This was the start of my life.

Last week, the SSA finally relented a bit, and our organization became the first to see the agreement.

Then the Lord relented and did not bring on his people the disaster he had threatened.

Last month, Saudi Arabia, which had also promised a ban, relented. No explanation was forthcoming then either.

animal lovers, the government relented and said it would not gift a baby elephant to Armenia, it was reported.

She didn't want to leave him, but he was insistent that he wanted to eat. He hadn't had an appetite in so long, she finally relented.

Eg. Afterwards she relented and let the children stay up late to watch TV.

Even Rolex, the undisputed champion of Swiss watchmakers, eventually relented and started adding electronics to its timepieces.

Even Rolex , the undisputed champion of Swiss watch makers , eventually relented and started adding electronics to its timepieces .

Facing a daunting problem in natural history, Darwin would obstinately chip away at it until its secrets relented.

For a second time, I retreated a step while my attacker relented in his attack.

When the officer asked to search her car, she first asked if he had a search warrant, but quickly relented under his intimidating stare.

The victor almost relented when he saw the brave youth lying dead at his feet.

The administration eventually relented and gave approval for the company to offer World of Warcraft.

Later, she went to Internet cafes downstairs to open it, he had determined to no longer pipe, but hear her cry, and he relented.

Beijing relented in June 2010, shortly before a G-20 leaders' summit, and said it would allow a more 'flexible' exchange rate.

Still, Coca-Cola and PepsiCo have relented on calls for clearer calorie information on packages and a ban on soft drink sales in schools.

For their sake he remembered his covenant and out of his great love he relented.

He eventually relented after the coach made his teammates run laps of the court each time he refused.

Nicolas Sarkozy, France's president who has expressed similar reservations about allowing a selective default, also relented.

The wind Blast has relented.

When it finally relented, it insisted that access to the casinos by Singaporeans should be controlled.

For many years, Gaddafi refused to cooperate in the inquiry, declining to hand over the two implicated men, but he finally relented in 1999.

She refused to sign the final adoption papers. She only relented a few months later when my parents promised that I would go to college.

After newspaper articles headlined the young couple's plight , the parents relented .

I sensed that the universe had offered me a karmic bargain; I relented and agreed to buy the lithium.

Corey never relented, and was eventually crushed to death under the massive weight.

But Roosevelt soon relented and recalled Stilwell to the United States in the fall of 1944.

He promised, hand on heart, to take good care of me and have me home for dinner on Christmas Eve, and she relented.

Autonomy relented and allowed him back into meetings after pressure from investors.

When the landlady relented, it was good, old-fashioned Chinese values that did the trick.

In many cases, IT departments eventually relented and relaxed their rules.

He's relented enough that he played a recent Mario game, Super Mario Galaxy, and "appreciated" it.

Once the Fed decided that we had suffered enough, it relented, and the economy quickly bounced back.

By the way, I only got those figures by pressing my "sponsor" until he finally relented.

After a series of 'hunger strikes' and pleadings on the part of Beighle, (Souness, p. 205) Bukowski relented and took Beighle back in.

She only relented a few months later when my parents promised that I would someday go to college.

At last, under. public censure, the landlords relented.

The doctor relented, but demanded that a nurse be on the set to monitor Haggis's vital signs.

Later I slowly crawled under the ramp, flow relented a lot, beating tumultuously bereave barely portrayed the mood also slightly to settle.

Mississippi's malingering rate has soared to 9. 6%, but Mr Barbour has not relented.

In the morning the storm relented a little.

Within weeks Ford relented.

But ministers relented on this because of concern over drop-out rates.

It has now relented.

They relented, and Sunil, now 13, stayed in school.

eg. She relented when she saw her husband bursting into tears.

At first she threatened to dismiss us all, but later she relented.

At first she threatened to dismiss me, but later she relented.

He was cross at first, but later he relented.

After five days, the government relented and Egypt came back online.

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She only relented afew months later