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Mrs. Hickey thanked me for my kindness, and though I assented, I didn’t truly feel that it was kindness, on my part.

Chang-rae Lee -- A Gesture Life

But instead of prompting scoffs or disapproving whispers, Graham’s words unleashed a tide of murmured assent that swelled quickly into shouts.

Kass Morgan -- The 100

They expected it and nodded their heads in solemn, collective assent.

Pat Conroy -- The Water is Wide

In his Second Inaugural Address, on March 4, 1865, Abraham Lincoln stated a proposition to which most historians today as well as most Americans of Lincoln’s time would assent: slavery before the war had been a "powerful interest.

James M. McPherson -- What They Fought For - 1861-1865

Father gave a bow of assent and Meyer plunged into verse.

Corrie Ten Boom -- The Hiding Place

But it had to be assented to.

V.S. Naipaul -- A Bend in the River

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I SUPPOSE SHE ASSENTED TO THE ASSERTIONS ….

Laurie Halse Anderson -- Chains

Jamie assenting, she had a manservant fetch down the chest from her workroom, handing over the enormous wrought-iron key for the purpose.

Diana Gabaldon -- Outlander

Alan grunted in assent, and soon he felt what seemed to be the entirety of a man’s forearm on his head.

Dave Eggers -- A Hologram for the King

I mean to say something sharp, or nonchalant, but the only sound that escapes me is an assenting noise, squeezed tight by my swollen throat.

Veronica Roth -- Insurgent

She murmured something that seemed to be assent.

George Orwell -- 1984

There’s a rumble of assent from around the table.

Suzanne Collins -- Mockingjay

When I ask if I can serve myself, he nods assent.

Suzanne Collins -- The Hunger Games

But I nod my head in assent.

Suzanne Collins -- Catching Fire

Nobody assenting to this proposition, Mr. Davis turned and held up a finger.

Agatha Christie -- And Then There Were None

Prince Bagration bowed his head in sign of assent and approval.

Leo Tolstoy -- War and Peace

Phil assented.

Laura Hillenbrand -- Unbroken

They assented.

William Golding -- Lord of the Flies

Teresa felt a flush pass over her face; she looked at Luigi, who could not refuse his assent.

Alexandre Dumas -- The Count of Monte Cristo

I nodded, for I thought it better to assent, though I did not quite understand his dialect.

Bram Stoker -- Dracula

There was a murmur of assent from the men.

Jane Yolen -- The Devils Arithmetic

A collective assent to this rumbled through the blurring atmosphere of the Assembly Room.

John Knowles -- A Separate Peace

Their anxiety was becoming intense; but, not wishing to betray it, they readily assented to Mr. Fallentin’s proposal of a rubber.

Jules Verne -- Around the World in 80 Days

Eragon mumbled his assent and pulled the blankets over his shoulders.

Christopher Paolini -- Eragon

Mother assented.

Yann Martel -- Life of Pi

Crouch gave no sign that he had heard Mr. Diggory, but Mr. Diggory seemed to take his silence for assent.

J.K. Rowling -- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Some of the older satyrs muttered assent.

Rick Riordan -- The Battle of the Labyrinth

He charges him thrice the usual sum; and it’s assented to.

Herman Melville -- Moby Dick

A tide of murmuring assent poured out the doors and into the yard.

Maya Angelou -- I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

’I couldn’t agree with you more, sir,’ he assented briskly in a tone of ostentatious disapproval.

Joseph Heller -- Catch-22

(Christian nods in assent): Baron de Neuvillette.

Edmond Rostand -- Cyrano de Bergerac

Jace nodded assent, and explained quickly the trick that Valentine had played on Elias.

Cassandra Clare -- City of Ashes

The elder man grunted an assent and passed out.

Agatha Christie -- Murder On The Orient Express

"Wust kind," my informant assented.

Edith Wharton -- Ethan Frome

Jared grunted his assent to that.

Stephenie Meyer -- The Host

"Of course, or girl, Mr. Hubble," assented Mr. Wopsle, rather irritably, "but there is no girl present."

Charles Dickens -- Great Expectations

She therefore graciously smiled, assented, chatted familiarly, and did all she could to make time pass imperceptibly.

Harriet Beecher Stowe -- Uncle Tom’s Cabin

D’Artagnan blushed with pleasure, and bowed a sign of assent.

Alexandre Dumas -- The Three Musketeers

Her full lips were lax, her shoulders down, and her eyes soft and assenting.

Dan Brown -- Angels & Demons

"Why, of course, if you want me to," assented Anne cheerfully.

Lucy Maud Montgomery -- Anne Of Green Gables

The youth did not look up, but he assented with thick tongue.

Stephen Crane -- The Red Badge of Courage

Eliza sighed again and bowed her head in assent.

James Joyce -- Dubliners

I assented.

H.G. Wells -- The War of the Worlds

In pompous nothings on his side, and civil assents on that of his cousins, their time passed till they entered Meryton.

Jane Austen -- Pride and Prejudice

The Thenardier made one of those movements of surprise which signify neither assent nor refusal.

Victor Hugo -- Les Miserables

Now all who heard cried out assent to this: the guest had spoken well; he must have passage.

Homer -- The Odyssey