Sentence examples for be unable to surrender from inspiring English sources

But even the most pliant observer might be unable to surrender to Johnson's declaration that things "are infinitely better than when we last invited the world to London in 1948".

Beltran was unable to deliver.

But the forwards were unable to deliver.

Papers would be unable to compete.

After Montgomery was unable to convince Carleton to surrender, he placed several mortars a few hundred yards outside the walls of the city.

He was distressed and suicidal, but the negotiators were unable to persuade him to surrender.

In September 1943, immediately following the Italian capitulation, the Italian Venezia Division, which was garrisoned at Berane, surrendered to the British Special Operations Executive Colonel S.W. "Bill" Bailey and Major Lukačević, but Lukačević and his troops were unable to control the surrendered Italians.

In a separate interview on CBS's "Face the Nation," he said that he supported the department's use of the bomb, and that the authorities had opted to use it only after negotiators had been unable to persuade Mr. Johnson to surrender.

Following three hours of fighting the battle was largely over by midday; however, many of the North Koreans that had been unable to escape continued to refuse to surrender, hiding or feigning death until individually flushed out.

Although the French frigate struck her colors (surrendered) twice, Constellation was unable to take La Vengeance as a prize.

The Spurs, who had been packing the lane on both James and Wade, were unable to discourage the attack-minded duo and surrendered far too many transition buckets.