All 7 Uses of
yield
in
The Lone Star Ranger
- In that hour he yielded only to fate and the spirit inborn in him.†
Chpt 5yielded = gave in, gave way, or gave up
- Duane remained all day with this hospitable Jones, and as twilight fell was loath to go and yielded to a pressing invitation to remain overnight.†
Chpt 11
- For a moment he half yielded to a temptation to try to slip along the river-shore, close in under the willows.†
Chpt 12 *
- That last memory he yielded to until he slept.†
Chpt 22
- He yielded to her lips and arms, watching her, involuntarily returning her caresses, sure now of her intent, fascinated by the sweetness of her, bewildered, almost lost.†
Chpt 24
- Yet he knew in his heart that he was yielding to her, that he could not resist her a moment longer.†
Chpt 25yielding = giving in, giving up, or giving way (easily moved or soft)
- As it was impossible to pick out the narrow passages, he had to slip and squeeze and plunge between the yielding stems.†
Chpt 12 *
Definitions:
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(1)
(yield as in: will yield valuable data) to produce (usually something wanted); or the thing or amount produced
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(2)
(yield as in: yield to pressure) to give in, give way, or give up
- (3) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)