All 11 Uses of
yield
in
The Heritage of the Desert
- Hare soon yielded to the warmth of the blankets; a drowsiness that he endeavored in vain to throw off smothered his thoughts; sleep glued his eyelids tight.
Chpt 3yielded = gave in, gave way, or gave up
- He led Hare through fields of alfalfa, in all stages of growth, explaining that it yielded six crops a year.†
Chpt 4
- Her slender form, rigid within his arm, gradually relaxed, and yielded to him; her face sank on his breast, and her dark hair loosened from its band, covered her, and blew across his lips.
Chpt 6yielded = gave in, gave way, or gave up
- Then as sense and courage yielded gradually to unreasoning terror, he ran blindly; every time he passed the guarded gateway his eyes were wilder, and his stride more labored.†
Chpt 7
- He went to his room, convinced that she had yielded; and though he could not blame her, and he knew she was helpless, he cried out in reproach and resentment.†
Chpt 11
- In the heat of midday Hare yielded to its influence and reined in his horse under a slate-bank where there was shade.
Chpt 14yielded = gave in, gave way, or gave up
- At the sound of his voice all her rigid strength changed to a yielding weakness; she leaned back supported by his arms and looked at him.
Chpt 16yielding = giving in, giving up, or giving way (easily moved or soft)
- She made so pretty a picture and appeared so little affected by the peril they had just passed through that Hare, yielding to a tender rush of pride and possession, kissed the pink cheeks till they flamed.
Chpt 16
- But as it was not forthcoming she stepped onward into the yielding sand.†
Chpt 19 *
- The little boys and girls yielded readily to his persuasion, but the women took no heed of him.†
Chpt 20
- Then I yielded to the lust for blood.
Chpt 20 *yielded = gave in, gave way, or gave up
Definitions:
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(yield as in: yield to pressure) to give in, give way, or give up
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(yield as in: will yield valuable data) to produce (usually something wanted); or the thing or amount produced