All 10 Uses
assent
in
Hard Times
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- 'Well known,' assented Mr. Sleary, rolling his loose eye.†
Chpt 1.6 *
- 'My dear,' assented her eminently practical parent, 'quite true, quite true.'†
Chpt 1.15
- ' 'To be sure,' assented Mrs. Sparsit, eating muffin.†
Chpt 2.1
- Mrs. Sparsit signified assent.†
Chpt 2.1
- Stephen nodded assent.†
Chpt 2.6
- Mr. Harthouse inclined his head in assent, and Bitzer knuckled his forehead.†
Chpt 2.8
- A few stern voices called out 'No!' and a score or two hailed, with assenting cries of 'Hear, hear!' the caution from one man, 'Slackbridge, y'or over hetter in't; y'or a goen too fast!'†
Chpt 3.4
- 'So far, that's true enough,' assented Mr. Bounderby, with his hands in his pockets and his hat on.†
Chpt 3.4
- When Rachael, assenting to this, was gone, Mr. Gradgrind lifted up his head, and said to his daughter: 'Louisa, my dear, I have never, that I know of, seen this man.†
Chpt 3.4
- Mr. Gradgrind rapidly assented; Mr. Sleary rapidly turned out from a box, a smock frock, a felt hat, and other essentials; the whelp rapidly changed clothes behind a screen of baize; Mr. Sleary rapidly brought beer, and washed him white again.†
Chpt 3.7
Definitions:
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(1)
(assent) to express agreement -- especially with a statement or proposal to do something
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)