How to Use relent in a Sentence

relent

verb

• The winds would not relent.
• Our application was initially refused, but the city relented in the end and the permit was issued.
• They had refused to pay and relented only after being threatened with a lawsuit.
• The tears stopped, but the burden of the past months won’t relent.
  — Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 26 Dec. 2020
• With each hit and each strike call, the crowd didn’t relent.
  — Nick Alvarez | [e-mail], al, 28 May 2023
• The first two episodes were meant to have this pace that doesn’t relent.
  — J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 27 July 2023
• In the end, the group relented and allowed the issue to get kicked down the road.
  — Justin Worland/baku, TIME, 21 Nov. 2024
• The 76ers had a few chances to pull away and the Cavs never relented.
  — Chris Fedor, cleveland, 13 Nov. 2019
• The 30-day mark came and went, and the pandemic did not relent.
  — Megan Crepeau, chicagotribune.com, 9 July 2021
• When a last-minute deal was reached with the White House, many of them relented.
  — Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2023
• In the face of the protests, the commissioners relented — a bit.
  — Monica Potts, ABC News, 6 Nov. 2023
• At some point, the Mets might have to relent and sign top pitchers for more than 1-2 years.
  — Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 28 Nov. 2024
• The market would not relent and the central bank made good on its word.
  — John Kicklighter, Forbes, 25 Apr. 2022
• The flames spread quickly and, with no water to douse them, Chuck was forced to relent.
  — Michael Cabanatuan, San Francisco Chronicle, 28 July 2022
• More from Canzano: The Pilots might bolt the state if Brown fails to relent.
  — oregonlive, 27 Oct. 2020
• Both sides relented the next day and agreed to five makeup days.
  — Paige Fry, chicagotribune.com, 1 Nov. 2019
• But relenting to others’ critiques is not the way of the Trump White House.
  — New York Times, 14 May 2018
• Share Your Thoughts Should schools relent and let students use phones in class?
  — Sarah Krouse, WSJ, 20 Jan. 2020
• Michael, with the same passion that made him a great racer would not relent.
  — Akeem Glaspie, Indianapolis Star, 16 Dec. 2019
• And when the second half started, the Jaguars’ defense did not relent.
  — Creg Stephenson | [e-mail], al, 24 Sep. 2022
• The 49-year-old Fairview Park man was released on bond, and his wife relented and picked him up.
  — cleveland.com, 7 June 2019
• By mid-2016, even the IMF called on Russia’s central bank to relent.
  — The Economist, 31 May 2018
• That afternoon, one of the would-be dissenters came in and agreed to relent, and Tall Paul got his way.
  — Neil Irwin, Washington Post, 9 Dec. 2019
• The legislature didn’t act, but the couple and the ACLU would not relent.
  — Susan Miller, USA TODAY, 4 June 2018
• Yet Phoenix didn’t relent its hopes of landing Bridges.
  — Jake Fischer, SI.com, 23 June 2018
• Despite Truex's best efforts in the final half of the last lap, the rookie wouldn't relent.
  — Jason Hoffman, The Enquirer, 12 July 2020
• The Cardinals didn't relent and held Marsh to 4 of 11 passing.
  — Alexis Cubit, The Courier-Journal, 24 Sep. 2022
• The Swamp is a real-deal road atmosphere with a crowd that did not relent for three hours.
  — Josh Newman, The Salt Lake Tribune, 4 Sep. 2022
• If James relents on his no-trade clause, the Lakers can send him to a contender for one last hurrah.
  — Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2024
• The numbers exploded from the jump and never relented, with world records shattering one after the other.
  — Josh Condon, Robb Report, 8 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 20 Jan 2025