Example sentences for: assent

How can you use “assent” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Pepsi-Cola's famous Uh-huh! commercials have made bare assent into a ringing affirmative, though no one has yet done a similar campaign on uh-uh .

  • I'll assent to the critical commonplace that he's a narrative virtuoso.

  • There are a lot of Upper West Side libs who will publicly nod at her in assent but privately want the streets free of moochers and hookers and the like.

  • One aspect of the horrible vise was the constant minor humiliations I had to suffer, such as interaction with the block warden, the party overlord of a block of houses, who had to give his assent to all matters tiny or grand, including travel.

  • Because the CEO cannot make major moves without the board's assent, and his or her job security depends on their satisfaction, the chairman of the board is technically his or her superior.


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