How to Use acquiesce in a Sentence

acquiesce

verb

• They demanded it, and he acquiesced.
• Cancela acquiesced when the purchasing department said a competitive process would be required.
  — Anjeanette Damon, ProPublica, 7 Aug. 2024
• Zaslav acquiesced to the request, and a copy of the movie was sent over to Cruise.
  — Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Mar. 2023
• But Notre Dame was not going to fold and acquiesce to their will.
  — Ben Baskin, SI.com, 31 Mar. 2018
• But even she is forced to acquiesce to her father's baser urges.
  — ELLE, 6 Apr. 2022
• In the end, most of the Democrats on the panel acquiesced and ended up voting in the markup to advance the bill through committee.
  — Tax Notes Staff, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2024
• The Colts appeared to try to acquiesce as Ebron was targeted a season-high 12 times in the next game.
  — Jim Ayello, Indianapolis Star, 26 Nov. 2019
• But to stop the bleeding, all the Democrats have acquiesced, and some have even sucked up to Harris in their quest to be her running mate.
  — Gary Franks, Hartford Courant, 26 July 2024
• An up-or-down vote on the bill was a demand of many lawmakers, and Ryan has acquiesced to put the matter to bed.
  — Philip Elliott, Time, 20 June 2018
• If needed, the team must acquiesce 100% to their advice.
  — Tom Stienstra, SFChronicle.com, 10 Sep. 2020
• There were signs that not all member states would acquiesce.
  — Luke McGee, CNN, 22 Oct. 2019
• The school board acquiesced, and the girl, now 15, then drove her parents’ car without a license to take night classes in Niceville.
  — Robert Draper, New York Times, 1 May 2023
• And when the club acquiesced to his choice for a trade back to the Houston Astros, the two aces earning $43.3 million per season were gone.
  — Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 7 Aug. 2023
• When Wallace met with Jonathan Smith, the new coach acquiesced to his request to play running back.
  — Danny Moran, OregonLive.com, 12 Apr. 2018
• When the filmmaker acquiesced, two classics were minted: the film, and the watch itself.
  — Olivia Martin, Town & Country, 19 July 2019
• As the chanting grew louder, Davis acquiesced, the suit claims, out of fear her future on the dance team would be harmed otherwise.
  — John Tufts, The Indianapolis Star, 2 Aug. 2023
• Now that the trade deadline has passed, Dalton has to shift gears, acquiesce to the backup job and support Finley.
  — Tyler Dragon, Cincinnati.com, 30 Oct. 2019
• Martin then was a no show for training camp and missed three weeks before the Cowboys acquiesced to his demands.
  — Clarence E. Hill Jr., Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 June 2024
• The video shows the 9-year-old fourth grader refusing to do what the adult aid asks, but eventually acquiesce.
  — Rayna Reid, Essence, 3 Feb. 2022
• Never mind that Chief Justice John Roberts is unlikely to acquiesce to a move that would bring down the furies on his court.
  — William McGurn, WSJ, 1 Oct. 2018
• In the ’90s, the eatery acquiesced to selling its delectable sauces in jars, and Rao’s Specialty Foods was born.
  — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 17 Aug. 2023
• This is not a time in our history for people to acquiesce to any form of control over things that will affect our lives and the lives of our children.
  — Brittany Shepherd, ABC News, 2 June 2023
• At the town hall, Iger put his foot down on the matter, saying Disney is disinclined to acquiesce to this request.
  — Yohana Desta, VanityFair.com, 16 May 2017
• At the town hall, Iger put his foot down on the matter, saying Disney is disinclined to acquiesce to this request.
  — Yohana Desta, HWD, 16 May 2017
• But with all the anger over the current CBA and how teams have simply stopped spending in free agency, the pitch clock isn’t something the players will acquiesce to cheaply.
  — Jon Tayler, SI.com, 19 Feb. 2018
• Schumer is thrilled to be amidst her idols, but confused at their willingness to acquiesce in the face of societal pressure.
  — Jordan Crucchiola, Wired News, 22 Apr. 2015
• The light, then, was fading, but Morocco did not acquiesce.
  — Rory Smith, New York Times, 14 Dec. 2022
• Any moves made by Xi are likely driven by his own aims rather than any desire to acquiesce to Trump's demands.
  — Alexander Smith, NBC News, 23 Dec. 2017
• Guard Zack Martin held out for three weeks in 2023 before the team acquiesced to his contract demands.
  — Clarence E. Hill Jr., Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 July 2024
• The trauma in Israel today should give pause to those thinking that Israel will simply acquiesce to a short tit for tat.
  — Natan Sachs, The Atlantic, 7 Oct. 2023

Last Updated: 20 Nov 2024