All 4 Uses of
yield
in
Babbitt
- These tremendous undertakings yielded to his determination; one by one they were announced to Mrs. Babbitt and smashed through to accomplishment.
Chpt 7yielded = gave in, gave way, or gave up
- Babbitt was frightened, but he had an agonized instinct that if he yielded in this he would yield in everything.
Chpt 32 *
- Babbitt was frightened, but he had an agonized instinct that if he yielded in this he would yield in everything.†
Chpt 32 *
- So, as they drove up to St. Mary's Hospital, with the nurses already laying out the instruments for an operation to save her life, it was she who consoled him and kissed the place to make it well, and though he tried to be gruff and mature, he yielded to her and was glad to be babied.
Chpt 33yielded = gave in, gave way, or gave up
Definitions:
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(yield as in: yield to pressure) to give in, give way, or give up
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(yield as in: will yield valuable data) to produce (usually something wanted); or the thing or amount produced