How to use acquiescence in a sentence

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• I signalled my acquiescence with a nod.From the entry signal
• The old man bowed his hoary head in acquiescence.From the entry hoary
• I was horrified by their sheeplike acquiescence.From the entry sheeplike
• He didn’t look so much nonplussed, as distinctly minussed by the enthusiasm of my acquiescence.1990, Neville Steed, Black Mail, Leicester, Leics.: Ulverscroft, published 1992, →ISBN, pages 175–176. From the entry minussed
• Acquiescence may be roughly described as a "yea-saying" tendency, criticalness as a "nay-saying" tendency.1965, Michael A. Wallach, Nathan Kogan, Modes of Thinking in Young Children, page 98. From the entry criticalness
• But the halfheartedness of his acquiescence is instructive.2025 July 20, Matthew Walther, “Sorry, This Epstein Stuff Isn’t Going to Hurt Trump”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the…. From the entry halfheartedness
• It is a remarkable victory for the data appropriators that acquiescence has become the standard model for obtaining “consent”.2016 August 31, Jathan Sadowski, “Companies are making money from our personal data–but at what cost?”, in The Guardian. From the entry appropriator
• Today, it seems that Zhongnanhai needs some acquiescence from society in order to proceed with its priority policy package.2006, Shiping Tang, “Projecting China's Foreign Policy: Determining Factors and Scenarios”, in Jae Ho Chung, editor, Charting China's…. From the entry Zhongnanhai
• He will not abide intellectually lazy thinking or any form of acquiescence to political correctness and its facile rituals of politeness and forced conviviality.2009, Gary Clark, Quadrant, November 2009, No. 461 (Volume LIII, Number 11), Quadrant Magazine Limited, page 8. From the entry conviviality
• Yet what seems to be an act of resistance to English cultural domination is little more than acquiescence in the imaginary binaries of inferiorism.2004, Eleanor Bell, Gavin Miller, Scotland in Theory: Reflections on Culture & Literature, page 206. From the entry inferiorism
• Despite the danger of the narrowing of discipleship to activism of some kind, the end result here is not acquiescence into Enlightenment autonomy.2002, Stanley E. Porter, Anthony R. Cross, Dimensions of baptism: biblical and theological studies, →ISBN, page 247. From the entry nomophobia
• Despite Scranton's repeated statements, it was behind him that anti-Goldwater Republican leaders late last week tried to rally—and Scranton showed signs of acquiescence.1964 July 12, “Republicans: The Man on the Bandwagon”, in Time. From the entry Goldwater Republican
• However, the region was in the United States backyard and Britain should look passively on with acquiescence in whatever policy the United States saw fit to pursue about Mexico.1942, Wilfrid Hardy Callcott, The Caribbean policy of the United States, 1890-1920, page 343. From the entry backyard

Meaning of acquiescence

1. noun A silent or passive assent or submission, or a submission with apparent consent, distinguished from avowed consent on the one hand, and on the other, from opposition or open discontent; quiet satisfaction.
2. noun Inaction, passivity, or neglect to take legal action when it is called for in order to assert, preserve, or safeguard a right, and which inaction implies the abandonment of said right.

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How do you use acquiescence in a sentence?

Acquiescence is used as a noun. For example: “She nodded in quiet acquiescence.”

What is a short sentence with acquiescence?

“in acquiescence with”

What does acquiescence mean?

Acquiescence means a silent or passive assent or submission, or a submission with apparent consent, distinguished from avowed consent on the one hand, and on the other, from opposition or open discontent; quiet satisfaction.