| 1. | You might relinquish that scheme.. - from Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte |
| 2. | He was therefore forced to relinquish his plan. - from Moby Dick; or The Whale by Herman Melville |
| 3. | I would not so soon relinquish the attempt to reconquer it. - from Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte |
| 4. | One thing was manifest to both of us, and that was, that until relief came, neither of us could relinquish the fire. - from Great Expectations by Charles Dickens |
| 5. | throat with one hand and the legs with the other, and although the dragon which served him as a tail bit him severely, he did not relinquish his grasp. - from Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome by E.M. Berens |
| 6. | In the confusion of the plaza she mixed me with the other children, whose guardians during the journey were now free to relinquish their responsibility. - from A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs |
| 7. | They soon relinquish this turbulence though, and when about three-fourths grown, break up, and separately go about in quest of settlements, that is, harems. - from Moby Dick; or The Whale by Herman Melville |
| 8. | Impressed with this idea I was about to relinquish my hold and give up the ghost with a good grace, when I was arrested by the cry of the Angel, who bade me hold on. - from The Best American Humorous Short Stories by Various |
| 9. | The hero succeeded in delivering Theseus, but when he endeavoured to liberate Pirithus, the earth shook so violently beneath him that he was compelled to relinquish his task. - from Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome by E.M. Berens |