All 9 Uses of
assent
in
The House of Mirth
- She smiled assentingly, and then made a slight grimace.†
Chpt 1.1 *
- But his box contained only a line of rapturous assent from Gerty, and he was turning away disappointed when he was hailed by a voice from the smoking room.†
Chpt 1.14
- Lord Hubert Dacey, a slender shabby-looking man, with a charming worn smile, and the air of having spent his best years in piloting the wealthy to the right restaurant, assented with gentle emphasis: "It's quite that."†
Chpt 2.1
- Miss Bart assented.†
Chpt 2.2
- "Oh, count on him," his wife assented gaily.†
Chpt 2.2
- "Oh, well, nothing WILL happen," he said, more for his own reassurance than for hers; and "Nothing, nothing, of course!" she valiantly assented, as they turned to overtake their companions.†
Chpt 2.3
- But to this direct appeal it was impossible to give an assent; and she said with friendly decisiveness: "I'm sorry—but you know why I can't."†
Chpt 2.6
- "Yes—I know," Selden assented curtly, turning back into the room, but only to stir about with restless steps in the circumscribed space between door and window.†
Chpt 2.8
- "Yes—yes; I know," he assented, with a rising tinge of embarrassment.†
Chpt 2.12
Definition:
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(assent) to express agreement -- especially with a statement or proposal to do something