yeses

But my yeses are almost always in my best interests.

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When I posted about this back in September I got a few "yeses" but didn't do a good job with following up then.

ALA Midwinter 2007

Between her 'yeses' and 'noes' and 'reallys' she was wondering ifMarena was going to be there too.

Last April Fair Neels, Betty 1980

Robin Richmond's cover was a reporter's notebook, a job with Life, and a self-conscious habit of hissing her s's as in "yeses," which whistled off Vassar, between the-teeth.

Buried Alive, The Biography of Janis Joplin Friedman, Myra 1973

I said a few "yeses" and "reallys" during this long speech, and he continued, like a mill grinding coffee:

The Reflections of Ambrosine A Novel Elinor Glyn 1903

In that case one hears both "yeses" and "noes," and the "will" is called on then to solve the conflict.

The Varieties of Religious Experience 1902

Nothing but 'yeses' and 'noes' to be got from him.

The Honorable Peter Stirling and What People Thought of Him Ford, Paul L 1894

All right, dear Mr. Forster - nothing but 'yeses' out of that man's mouth, when your proposal was/[Page 25]/stated to him.

Letters and Memorials of Jane Welsh Carlyle 1883

Nothing but 'yeses' and 'noes' to be got from him.

The Honorable Peter Stirling and What People Thought of Him Paul Leicester Ford 1883

In that case one hears both "yeses" and "noes," and the "will" is called on then to solve the conflict.

Varieties of Religious Experience, a Study in Human Nature William James 1876