They made him say yes and no alternately so many times that he had to admit in men a shiftier yieldingness than women were charged with.
"The Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith"
George Meredith
And his side of it, the man's side, what did it mean for him to know he worshiped the divinity of her beauty, the sun of her good pleasure, the might of her yieldingness?
"Rose MacLeod"
Alice Brown
Only the expression of the mouth had a shy softness and yieldingness about it, almost irresolute and sorrowful, and the large eyelids so entirely covered the eyes that only a narrow dark gleaming line betrayed that they slept not.
"Four Phases of Love"
Paul Heyse