Sentence examples for hand to surrender from inspiring English sources

On the other hand, to surrender to cynicism and accept politics as merely an exercise in coalition-building is to move in the direction of single-issue politics--abandoning the middle, and any hope for unity.

The Americans raise their hands to surrender.

Eye-witnesses claim Mr Brown raised his hands to surrender before Wilson shot him multiple times in the head and chest.

They were compelled to cede Spain and the Mediterranean islands still in their hands, to surrender their warships, to pay an indemnity of 10,000 talents within 50 years, and to forfeit their independence in affairs of war and foreign policy.

A number of witnesses say that he raised his hands to surrender; the officer's story, conveyed through associates, is that, after Brown turned, he began running at Wilson.

The point here is that it was easy for me to remind Trixie to put the situation in God's hands, to surrender it, and not to worry.

Their official account contrasts sharply with that of one witness interviewed on local media who said that the teenager had been putting his hands up to surrender when he was killed.

Witnesses differed on their versions of what happened between Wilson and Brown, with some claiming that Brown put his hands up to surrender at one point before being shot by Wilson.

The Unionists, on the other hand, were unwilling to surrender the fate of the state to a convention that might "in a moment of excitement, adopt the extreme remedy of secession".

Mr. Robert raised his hands as if to surrender when he made it to the roof.

"Non, merci," the wife answered, raising her hands as if to surrender.