Sentence examples for to succumb from inspiring English sources

Suggestions(5)

to cede

to surrender

to submit

to lose

to collapse

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to succumb

verb

To yield to an overpowering force or overwhelming desire.

Succumb to temptation

synonyms

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Real men refuse to succumb.

Independent

Byrne's refusal to succumb could pay off.

Independent

"I didn't want to succumb to nostalgia".

The New Yorker

We can't afford to succumb to extremism.

The Guardian - Opinion

But they refused to succumb to despair.

The New Yorker

Margot was the first to succumb.

The New Yorker

— Julia Moskin Food52: Why you need to succumb to bottarga.

The New York Times

Which should I choose to succumb to first?

The New Yorker

All the viktims seemed to succumb to this ingathering compulsion.

The New Yorker

It is to succumb to the contagion of vitality.

The New Yorker

Disillusioned tech folks are beginning to succumb to "cloud fatigue".

The Economist

More suggestions(15)

to confess

to relinquish

to yield

to admit

to budge

to divest

to dispose

to die

to acquiesce

to give

to bow

to concede

to assign

to cave

to indulge

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