Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: yielding
IPA transcription: [j'ildɪŋ]
Pronunciations of yielding
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adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: yielding
    Meaning: inclined to yield to argument or influence or control; "a timid yielding person"
Usage examples
  • I was yielding to the effects of hunger and cold.
  • And that did not help matters or make her temper more yielding.
  • The Master said, What is it to sway a kingdom by courteous yielding?
  • Look!' She held it out, and the children, holding it by its yielding corners, read--
  • Things yielding rent are not indestructible, but generally they are preserved undestroyed.
  • With awful shrieks the fanatics were yielding up their lives, in the place of their selected victims.
  • Mr. Meeker of Missouri, Democrat, protested against Congress "yielding to the nagging of a certain group."
  • But Oliver's patience was not proof against this new trial; and yielding to his first impulse, he sprang into her arms.
  • As he came plunging back to the stalled wagon, suddenly his foot slumped into the yielding sawdust and he fell upon his face.
  • Though Rachel spoke no triumph, there was a triumph in her eye, which prevented almost the possibility of such yielding on the part of Dorothea.
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording John Locke, License CC BY-SA 4.0
1. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Big Bang, License CC BY-SA 4.0
2. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording The Beatles, License CC BY-SA 4.0
3. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording X Article, License CC BY-SA 4.0