Sentence examples for before surrender from inspiring English sources

As the Japanese advanced, he briefly commanded a battalion before surrender was ordered.

Her mum, the author writes, "holds dear to her heart the values of her clan: loyalty to blood, passion for land; death before surrender.

With NATO bombs and missiles pounding the Libyan capital and Colonel Qaddafi venting on Libya's airwaves only days before that he would choose "death before surrender," it captured something quintessential about the Libyan leader and the oddball qualities he has displayed in decades of repressive one-man rule.

Her mum, the author writes, "holds dear to her heart the values of her clan: loyalty to blood, passion for land; death before surrender…" The Word of the Day and its definitions have been provided by the language-loving minds behind Vocabulary.com and the Visual Thesaurus.

Can you imagine what it was like to have all semblance of civilisation stripped away before surrender, and now be faced with the very soldiers who were killing your families arriving and throwing you out of your house?" Around these intensely personal and emotional interactions, there is the horrific backdrop of a devastated nation.

No one has ever before surrendered top spot in the rankings twice and regained the ascendancy.

The Nets and the Pistons are eager to consummate it, but the Nuggets are dithering, still working to extract every concession and benefit they can before surrendering their franchise player.

"A young lady," she said before surrendering to girlish giggles.

The defense shut out South Carolina for most of the game before surrendering a late touchdown.

Napoleon I stayed at Rochefort before surrendering to the English in 1815.

Papelbon got one out before surrendering Mark Teixeira's game-tying sacrifice fly.