Both Uses of
relent
in
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
- When we reached the crossroads, he looked hopefully at us as if we might relent and say good-bye.†
p. 49.7 *
- But we did not relent and as I glanced back at him standing alone in the middle of the crossing, he looked as if the world itself was slung around his neck.†
p. 49.7
Definition:
to give in; or to be less intense