Sentence examples for convinced to surrender from inspiring English sources

The engagement lasted several days and resulted in considerable destruction in the harbor, while Velasco was also heavily damaged before the crews of España and Almirante Cervera were convinced to surrender.

Three people a police officer, an Iraq War veteran, and a mother of two were killed (and nine more were injured) before Robert Lewis Dear, 57, was convinced to surrender.

An F.B.I. hostage negotiator, who kept his distance, communicating from the second floor of the nearby home, began talking to Mr. Tsarnaev and eventually convinced him to surrender, according to the Watertown Police Chief Edward Deveau.

Eventually a sergeant convinced him to surrender before anyone was injured, the Palm Beach Post reports.

Unable to withdraw, he requested to speak to the French commanding officer and convinced him to surrender his unit.

The village council sent a delegation to Black Hawk's camp and convinced him to surrender to the Americans.

Alexander de Stavenby, the Bishop of Coventry, convinced Falkes to surrender after the fall of the castle; he handed over his remaining castles at Plympton and Storgursey and was absolved by Langton, going into exile shortly afterwards.

These included the Naval Codes he had brought back from Holland, which he entrusted to the general of the Imperial troops, Kuroda Kiyotaka, but Otori convinced him to surrender, telling him that deciding to live through defeat is the truly courageous way: "If it's dying you want you can do it anytime".

Around 10 a.m., Medina's brothers were able to convince him to surrender.

But by 4pm, police were able to enter the clinic and convince him to surrender.

Senior government officials privately admit there have been discussions with PKK leaders based in northern Iraq through Iraqi Kurds and other intermediaries to convince them to surrender in return for an eventual amnesty.