All 9 Uses of
concede
in
Catch-22
- I'll even go so far as to concede that life seems longer I -'†
Chpt 4
- 'Well, maybe it is true,' Clevinger conceded unwillingly in a subdued tone.†
Chpt 4 *
- 'All right,' he conceded wearily.†
Chpt 9
- The naked man in formation, he conceded cheerlessly, had been a real black eye for him.†
Chpt 21
- It seemed never to have occurred to them that he, just as they, had eyes, hands, organs, dimensions, senses and affections, that he was wounded by the same kind of weapons they were, warmed and cooled by the same breezes and fed by the same kind of food, although, he was forced to concede, in a different mess hall for each successive meal.†
Chpt 25
- 'Yes, of course,' he conceded frigidly, his manner changing to one of edgy and defensive antagonism.†
Chpt 27
- 'Yes, I suppose it is odious,' he conceded with reluctance.†
Chpt 42
- 'It must be nice to live like a vegetable,' he conceded wistfully.†
Chpt 42
- 'No, no hope at all,' Major Danby conceded.†
Chpt 42
Definition:
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(concede as in: concede the point) to yield or admit -- usually after dispute