acquiescent

How To Use acquiescent In A Sentence

• It was too much of an effort to play the acquiescent wife: her heart would burst. THE HELLBOUND HEART
• She is too acquiescent , ie too ready to comply.
• Our predecessors of a century ago or in the midst of the Second World War would be astounded at how acquiescent our policy-makers are about this prospect.
• His anxiety proneness seems less pronounced now than it was in 1985, but in spite of this he proved to be abnormally suggestible, compliant and acquiescent.
• At a gathering of nuns in Washington in 1979, he ordered the sisters to dress in proper religious garb and to remember their true vocation as acquiescent helpers.
• His poetry continued as it began, very alert to Art as politically acquiescent, complicit or compromised.
• Our view is that this time around Bainimarama is aware that the mood of the people in this country will not be as acquiescent in comparison to 6/12. Global Voices in English » Fiji: ‘The Media has been Muzzled’
• Those running the campaign clearly counted on the influence of impressive propagandists and the help they received from an often acquiescent mainstream press.
• A difficult thing to do and made more so when you've grown accustomed to the shelter provided by an acquiescent state leadership seemingly incapable or unwilling to bring you to heel.
• She moved to the door acquiescently and switched out the light, he following. Married Life The True Romance