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to express agreement — especially with a statement or proposal to do something- Her black sounds charmed me, and she wove her black ribbons as the rain hammered assent.Christina Garcia -- Dreaming in Cuban
- "Yes, she is inquisitive," assented the prince.Fyodor Dostoyevsky -- The Idiot
- 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
- ] "I suppose ... yes ...." said Slughorn in a rather agitated voice, while Hagrid let out a strangled sob of assent.J.K. Rowling -- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
- On Walpurgisnacht, we celebrate a sacred evening and commemorate the great moments of our past... There was a hissing murmur of assent from the demons.Henry H. Neff -- The Fiend And The Forge
- Silence, a murmur of assenting voices.Tim O'Brien -- Going After Cacciato
- To this summons you must not, you cannot, refuse your assent.David McCullough -- John Adams
- A noise comes from among us, a formless assent.Margaret Atwood -- The Handmaid's Tale
- "Sure you have, Pete," assented the woman.Stephen Crane -- Maggie: A Girl of the Streets
- "Of course," Amun said, his tone so emotionless that it was impossible to tell if there was any fear or sarcasm in his assent.Stephenie Meyer -- Breaking Dawn
- There was a chorus of friendly assent as the men settled onto their stools at the bar.Patrick Rothfuss -- The Name of the Wind
- Some of the older satyrs muttered assent.Rick Riordan -- The Battle of the Labyrinth
- She takes my silence as assent.Sabaa Tahir -- An Ember in the Ashes
- Inspector Thomas Mathew nodded his assent and left.Arundhati Roy -- The God of Small Things
- Thomas Stone stammered assent.Abraham Verghese -- Cutting for Stone
- "Yes, Reverend Sir," said the venerable Ananda to The Blessed One in assent, and spread the couch with its head to the north between twin sal-trees.Joseph Campbell -- The Hero With a Thousand Faces
- "That's so," assented the deserter, reluctantly desisting.Joseph Conrad -- Lord Jim
- He longed to assure himself of a tacit assent from her.George Eliot -- The Mill on the Floss
- "It is so," assented Defarge, without being asked.Charles Dickens -- A Tale of Two Cities
- Their murmurs of assent and disapproval gave her a sense of order and rightness.Dave Eggers -- The Circle