All 10 Uses
assent
in
The Power and the Glory, by Cooke
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- "Uh-huh," assented Buckheath.†
Chpt 3 *
- "It is," she assented.†
Chpt 5
- "Indeed it is not," assented MacPherson hastily.†
Chpt 6
- "I reckon we are right funny," she assented.†
Chpt 10
- "Ye-ah," he assented; "business.†
Chpt 13
- The younger man looked also, and assented mutely, then suggested: "He hasn't come far; there's not a hair turned on him."†
Chpt 20
- Yes, honey, it's three days and three nights," assented Laurella fearfully.†
Chpt 21
- "Yes, there did," Johnnie assented wonderingly—falteringly.†
Chpt 22
- "Nor my own clothes, I reckon," he assented with a sort of rueful testiness; "but to the best of my knowin' and believin', I never in my life before saw this shirt I'm wearin'—every garment I've got on is a plumb stranger to me, Johnnie.†
Chpt 23
- "Like as not, bud," Pros assented gravely.†
Chpt 24
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)