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1. "If he can't stay here, then I can't stay here!" Every ounce of me wanted to reason with her, convince her to stay, but I know Sabrina would never relent, not this time
2. sleep, but she would occasionally relent with a short tale
3. 14Who knows? He may turn and relent and leave behind a blessing—
4. Upon reflection he realised it was wiser to relent,
5. didn’t relent until we were out of view
6. And Hermes would convince Odysseus’s love-smitten captor to relent
7. But the raging God wouldn’t relent
8. Maro realized the trap and sighed as Tullius chose not to relent
9. Nightmares that just won’t relent
10. She pried Becky from Joss’s arms, forcing him to relent his hold on her
11. The oars were never allowed to relent the fast pace that was dictated by a drum in the belly of the ship
12. Despite Izio’s pleas, Lolek refused to relent
13. don’t , they know who’s a “softie” and who is always going to relent or bend the rules
14. “What?” She says it like she expects him to relent, but her wide eyes and ashen face suggest otherwise
15. glory and destructive pride? 19 Let us have compassion on our age and relent over the years of our mother
16. I expected my brothers to relent, but they fed like I was their first
17. He turned slowly to face the perpetrator, while Zacchaeus refused to relent from my neck
18. I told him I wanted a feed, and he was the closest possible option, but he still didn’t relent
19. In frustration, I had to relent, feeding regularly and allowing Jacques to care for me
20. When she refused to relent, I growled
21. We are merely challenged to conform, relent, tolerate, work harder, have more faith, and be more charitable
22. 15 Now let us consider the matter; had any of them been weak spirited and cowardly among them what reasonings would they have employed but these? 16 O wretched that we are and exceeding senseless! when the king exhorts us and calls us to his bounty should we not obey him? 17 Why do we cheer ourselves with vain counsels and venture on a disobedience bringing death? 18 Shall we not fear O brethren the instruments of torture and weigh the threatenings of torment and shun this vain-glory and destructive pride? 19 Let us have compassion on our age and relent over the years of our mother
23. It’s a step up from mercy because mercy means to relent punishment
24. Grace doesn’t just relent deserved punishment, it also blesses you with the greatest gifts you could receive! (Like the inheritance of God!) Grace is also known as the manifestation of God’s life in us
25. He knows, now, that pharaoh will never relent
26. Sebastian turned at the door and the pleading in his eyes made Rex relent
27. ‘Hey! You’re supposed to beg me to relent! Not give in to my logic!’
28. begging God that he relent
29. Never did he relent, always he was virulent
30. back to the faith that God had sent, for the Lord would not relent
31. I thought she would relent but she never did
32. know until the master signifies it is okay to relent
33. They wanted sin and idolatry; he wouldn’t relent
34. We did not wish this war, but now that the Terran Federation Council has forced it on us, we will not relent until we win our rights to freedom and independence
35. John repeatedly tried to dissuade him from what would surely be a career ending, and possibly a life ending decision, but he would not relent
36. relent in our mission
37. A defiant Modi refused to relent
38. ” But she knew he would not relent until she had given him an answer, and so she said, “It was a challenge trying to befriend Ailia when she was in love with you
39. As she failed to yield, he riveted near her to make her relent
40. slain by their hands? I will not relent! THE HUMANS WILL PAY!
41. Azura did not relent
42. woke up, before he would relent and eat any-
43. “…and whose hearts have been hardened…”: in reference to those whose hearts do not relent when they are reminded of God
44. new life – will not relent until it has ushered in a new era for all peoples of
45. Finally, mercifully, Sue did relent
46. Others may object, but with time they will relent
47. She hated the editor’s bluster and uncouth manners, but she was used to them and knew he would relent after he had vented his spleen
48. His eyes wished Olin to relent and let the matter come to an end
49. Refusing to relent the Devata spread out his jeweled net over the Ashura and trapped him
50. object will not relent form in favour of gravity
1. Herndon relented, only to remain on the same plane
2. During this time Kate finally relented and admitted the truth to herself; she was pregnant too! She told Jake first, who approved loudly, and then laid the news on Daniel
3. Alexis had relented and put me amongst the girls at the back
4. Satisfied at their reassurances, she relented and enjoyed the rest of the evening, laughing and joking with them with all her heart
5. At last he relented
6. that they would, and young man at last relented
7. preparing to leave a short time later, she at last relented
8. to stop me, but I had me, but i had not relented
9. He never relented once he seethed at some perceived offense
10. That evening as Nerissa brought the sheep back in the shed, Athena had finally relented
11. I relented, moving to a standing position
12. Then, from the other side of Joss, a skinny wisp of a girl stepped into my view, and I relented
13. As the pull relented, Jimmy could not quite quantify the kind of relief he now felt
14. I relented and offered nothing once more
15. What about a spring flood? Then he relented, having spent too many hours with the Weather Station TV to miss much
16. Defiance flickered in the girl’s eyes for a moment, but then she relented
17. She started to put the mobile down, but relented
18. She relented to the pressure of a finger crooked below her chin allowing her face to be lifted
19. But then he relented
20. “Well; we are supposed to coordinate with Belgian Intelligence,” I relented somewhat
21. Then, for no apparent reason, he relented
22. “Maybe you’re right,” he relented
23. But it finally relented
24. when Jeremiah hesitantly relented to release the traitor from under his foot
25. I could have relented, pushed him aside, I was stronger, but a piece of me didn’t want to, a part of me wanted to listen to him
26. Finally, Jack relented and gave it a try
27. felt a lecture on accepting the situation coming on, but Lisa relented
28. Later, after suffering a beating by both troopers, Mike relented and the Gardner Lake FD was called
29. DOC finally relented and told me that Mike would be released 1-12-12 and that they would give me 3 days’ advance notice of his release so that I could drive up from Florida and take physical custody of him for as long as I deemed necessary [also until one of our condos no longer had a tenant]
30. My father finally relented and told me that if I managed to graduate (unlikely, he thought, because I was married, which he felt would distract me, or even cause me to drop out), he would reimburse me for the tuition I paid
31. Connie relented, and characteristically sighed, indicating
32. The Commander had relented when Buey Dan had said she was making atonement for a grievous crime against the Liber�ation, and that he would assume total responsibility for her actions
33. Finally he relented, and took the glass
34. Trask gave him a big phony grin as if to confirm his guess, then relented
35. Trask felt tempted to apply the cold shoulder, but relented
36. He didn’t look very happy when I suggested it, but finally he relented
37. We finally relented, as we really had no choice once Fire Chief Matlin showed up
38. I kept resisting but finally relented and said I would swim the one K race
39. He had tried to decline, but the good Sister was quite stubborn — more so than his own stubborn tendencies — so he relented
40. Joe relented and said they would see how it worked out
41. After much persuasion she relented
42. He pestered Bridget for swimming trunks and she eventually relented
43. Joe pointed out to them that it was not very suitable to have a dog in such a confined area but relented in the end when they all promised to take it for walks in the nearby park
44. After Bridget had calmed down she relented, “It’s too late to do anything about it now”
45. He said something interesting about what happened when Victor came to give him his sentence?' Alice stared at him stubbornly then she relented and nodded
46. After some time and continuing to meet Frank in the social circle at the ‘Dogs’ as they called Greyhound Racing, Ellen relented and agreed to give it a try
47. After a few hours of lengthy and heated debate, and private talks with Boran and Junior, the team finally relented
48. And the Lord consented and relented
49. Alberto relented and sat down
50. Walter relented as he always did, “Okay Henry, I accept that I was just as eager for the money as you were but let’s be realistic, Bridges isn’t going to play ball with us now
1. Their arguments continued on like that, sometimes late into the night without either one relenting
2. released her brother, relenting
3. Turning quickly away from the predawn brightening, he peered into the slowly relenting darkness where the lone fire of the Egyptian outpost had been
4. slowly relenting darkness where the lone fire of the Egyptian outpost had been
5. As we went over earlier mercy isn’t just relenting punishment, just as much as grace isn’t just unmerited favor, or enabling us with God’s life
6. medical attention, Archie relenting only when he found it impossible to walk at
7. Finally, it appeared that the woman was relenting
8. ‘What is to be done when children don’t heed our word any more,’ said Janaki, as though relenting
9. with furnishings from downstairs, and pretended they were to sleep there, only relenting after
10. And that was relenting
11. Relenting, she did as he asked, then immediately crossed her arms because she did feel cold
12. Sionna was reflexively ready to protest and mock her sister, but she found herself relenting
13. This resisting such relenting of form and consequently forming a frustrating barrier that blocks the free
14. He glared back blankly and after a long pause spoke relenting “No human chicks need male sperm to hatch and no they are not white and they are invisible to human eye
15. Had they, when they wronged themselves, come to you, and prayed for God's forgiveness, and the Messenger had prayed for their forgiveness, they would have found God Relenting and Merciful
16. There was no pause, no pity, no peace, no interval of relenting rest, no measurement of time
17. Laurie looked at her once or twice, but as she showed no sign of relenting, he felt injured, and turned his back on her till the others were done with him, when he made her a low bow and walked off without a word
18. He just stood looking at her so wistfully, so tenderly, that she found her heart relenting in spite of herself
19. the arms of the sweet relenting murderer of my virginity, who hung
20. with his tears, without relenting
21. The plague showed no signs of relenting
22. "But how quick is the shift of passions from one extreme to another! and how little are they acquainted with the human heart who dispute it! I could not see this amiable criminal, so suddenly the first object of my love, and as suddenly of my just hate, on his knees, bedewing my hands with his tears, without relenting
23. Here, the cold and misery showed no signs of relenting, and the only birds Alice heard as they walked to campus were crows
24. Fred was feeling as good-naturedly as possible towards everybody, including Rigg; and having some relenting towards all these people who were less lucky than he was aware of being himself, he would not for the world have behaved amiss; still, it was particularly easy to laugh
25. Garth was already relenting
26. He knew that he was cruel, but he had no relenting in him yet
27. He hated his own cruelty, and yet he dreaded to show the fulness of his relenting: he must go to her again; the friendship could not be put to a sudden end; and her unhappiness was a power which he dreaded
28. Another burst of tears; but in spite of that burst, and in spite of that great black word miserable, which served to introduce it, Sir Thomas began to think a little relenting, a little change of inclination, might have something to do with it; and to augur favourably from the personal entreaty of the young man himself
29. " Fanny thought she discerned in his standing there an indication of relenting, which encouraged her to another attempt, and she said, therefore, "It is a pity you should not join them
30. “All right, you may do that,” said the doctor, relenting, and turning to an old woman with a white apron, he told her to call the prisoner—Nurse Maslova
1. abounding in love, and he relents
2. " Return to the Lord, your God, for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love; and he relents over disaster
3. I only hope that the storm god relents and gives us a little more time, but I don’t hold out much hope
4. Benes is about to let the pair have her feelings known – with nothing held back, but somehow, she relents, and instead only states that the two of them make a nice couple
5. Life is unpredictable and sometimes relents on its harshness
6. His grip on the aide never relents
7. “She languishes there near six Months ere the Assizes, an’ whilst in Gaol grows greater-an’ greater-bellied—fer me own Infant Self was bloomin’ in her Womb—an’ when the Assizes comes ’round, the Mistress o’ the House relents, havin’ taken Pity on the Maid, an’ decides not to press Charges, an’ so the Maid is set free, an’ soon after brings me to me Birth
8. Singer to close her store, Mother relents and tells you:
9. Often packers and producers will hold at their bid or asking prices until later in the week when one relents, resulting in the cattle being sold
10. Does he believe he has all this time been deceiving the Legislature? He had heard but one sentiment from the President, which is, that we must make war unless Great Britain relents