All 7 Uses of
yield
in
The Thundering Herd
- All during Tom Doan's boyhood, before and through the stirring years of the Rebellion, he had been slowly yielding to the call that had made so many young men adventurers and pioneers in the Southwest.
Chpt 2 *yielding = giving in, giving up, or giving way (easily moved or soft)
- She resisted a while, then yielded to it.
Chpt 5yielded = gave in, gave way, or gave up
- Milly might have yielded to his importunity had his ardor left her any force.
Chpt 6
- Finally she yielded to it, halting under cover of the last trees, gazing out over the green expanse.†
Chpt 7
- Imperceptibly the gray dawn had yielded to daylight.
Chpt 14
- "What 're you expecting?" queried Tom, yielding to curiosity.
Chpt 18yielding = giving in, giving up, or giving way (easily moved or soft)
- Tom did not yield up the parcel with very good grace.†
Chpt 2 *
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