Sentence examples for succumbed before from inspiring English sources

If he had not done this when he did it, Rome and the Greco-Roman world might have succumbed, before the beginning of the Christian era, to barbarian invaders in the West and to the Parthian Empire in the East.

Kieswetter is, for now, refusing to play at them, but you just know that if Vinay can keep it there he will succumb before long.

The Sixers' refusal to succumb before the final buzzer has become a recurring theme of this series.

Yet we also yawn during times of stress: Olympic athletes often do it before a race, while musicians sometimes succumb before a concert.

I immediately considered letting this guy eat alone out on our uncovered patio in the rain where his illness might progress to pneumonia to which he would hopefully succumb before I had to let him back in.

Mice were euthanized if they experienced increased lethargy, decreased mobility, a decrease in resistance to handling, or any other concerning signs or symptoms suggesting that they might succumb before the 24 hour period.

Of these, 122 patients succumbing before scene arrival or during transportation were scored as NACA 7 per definition and subsequently excluded from the study.

The lower percentage of TBI-H suggests that those with critical injuries may succumb before reaching a hospital, due to the lack of transportation or accessibility to adequate care, for example, living at a great distance away.

George Washington's Virginia estate nearly succumbed to neglect before it was saved in 1858 by the Mount Vernon Ladies Associationn.

Jonathan Swift was a classic obsessive-compulsive long before he succumbed to frontotemporal dementia (Pick's disease).

It is difficult to escape the conclusion that Europe before 1914 succumbed to hubris.