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Meanings of reluctant assent in English

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Usage of reluctant assent in English
1
There was no denying this, and I grunted a reluctant assent.
Crucial Instances
2
Col. Malcome gave a reluctant assent, at which I am surprised.
Eventide / A Series of Tales and Poems
3
Dolly bent her pretty head in reluctant assent, with a torrent of inner joy.
The Woman Who Did
4
They waited while Lizzie explained, and the grandmother and aunt nodded a reluctant assent.
The Girl from Montana
5
Jane looked so imploringly that Mr. Hardie yielded a reluctant assent, on those terms.
Hard Cash
6
When he had no more arguments to advance, he gave a reluctant assent to mine.
Under the Prophet in Utah; the National Menace of a Political Pr...
7
He had wrung a reluctant assent from her, he admitted, and taken an ungenerous advantage.
A Little Girl in Old Quebec
8
The physician's reluctant assent forced a sigh from her.
Mother
9
Slowly she nodded her head in reluctant assent.
The Tyranny of Weakness
10
To this the latter yields a reluctant assent.
Protagoras
11
The Dean made a sign of reluctant assent.
The Marriage of William Ashe
12
His reluctant assent was changed to eager greeting.
On the Firing Line
13
Hartley nodded a rather reluctant assent, and Ste.
Jason: A Romance
14
The Acadians also gave a reluctant assent.
The King's Arrow: A Tale of the United Empire Loyalists
15
He gave a reluctant assent to this.
The Republic
16
For her word's sake to his brother she wrung a reluctant assent from him, and left him.
Mrs. Day's Daughters
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