Sentence examples for surrendering slowly from inspiring English sources

Now think of that ship surrendering slowly to the ocean, leaving its crew clinging to an ever-sinking bow.

Duckenfield had arrived at the converted courtroom in Warrington with traces of his former authority, but over seven airless, agonisingly tense days in the witness box last March, he was steadily worn down, surrendering slowly into a crumpled heap.

The events in "Mortals" take place in 1992-93, withethe Soviet Union newly collapsed and white rule slowly surrendering in South Africa.

In India, street capitalism is slowly surrendering to skyscraper capitalism: tea stalls ceding to espresso-bar chains, corner stores to supermarkets.

The body that fought off malaria 14 times during the war, the lifelong rebel who refused to bow to intolerance, is slowly surrendering to time.

We left our car in a gravel lot that was slowly surrendering its borders to the encroaching wilderness, loaded our gear on a boat and were carried off to a cabin a few miles away.

Recovering the freedom that once made us great will require reclaiming the inalienable rights and shouldering the personal responsibilities we have slowly been surrendering in return for promised security and false prosperity.

"As I'm slowly being tied up, I just as slowly surrender to the pain and, eventually, accept it".