Sentence examples for surrendered in the face from inspiring English sources

It tried the change four years ago but surrendered in the face of verbal boarding parties from nautical traditionalists.

While the Qatari visitors were accompanied by a small Iraqi security force, they apparently surrendered in the face of the overwhelming militant force.

Mr. Obama essentially surrendered in the face of similar tactics at the end of 2010, extending low taxes on the rich for two more years.

In the end, red-shirt protesters, after camping out in the Thai capital for more than two months, surrendered in the face of the overwhelming might of the Thai army (see article).

Similarly, although the civilization gradually surrendered in the face of Roman power and expansion, Etruscan influence on pre-Christian Rome's religion and art was such that, long after all Etruscans had been proclaimed Roman citizens, wealthy families would boast of their Etruscan roots.

More than just the mounting number of defeats, they have been angered by how they have succumbed, developing a reputation around the league for surrendering in the face of the adversity.

Senator Judd Gregg, a New Hampshire Republican, said his determination to withhold money from four United Nations peacekeeping missions -- a total of $368 million in State Department funds -- compelled the Clinton administration to alter its foreign policy, which Mr. Gregg called "surrender in the face of criminal violence" in Sierra Leone.

Watt's refusal to surrender in the face of overwhelming odds was recognized after the battle by the award of the Victoria Cross.

They provide compelling evidence of a vibrant segment of the Muslim population that is unwilling to surrender in the face of violence and terror.

Gen. John W. Frazer, the Confederate commander, refused to surrender in the face of two Union brigades and Burnside arrived with a third, forcing the surrender of Frazer and 2,300 Confederates.

And of course they will not shirk their duty to do so, since they've been provided with such a shining example of an American leader "caving in to terrorists" and surrendering in the face of the enemy.