Sentence examples similar to utterly ceded from inspiring English sources

I've been so personally gobsmacked at this turn of events that I wrote about it twice in the past week, summing up my feelings as: "Up is now down, topsy is getting downright turvy, and Mitt Romney is now a populist!" Later, after sober reflection, I decided to go with a football metaphor: "By doing so, however, [Republicans] are utterly ceding the home-field advantage to Democrats.

Kennedy ceded to Clinton.

Anthony, however, ceded no ground.

Britain also ceded Saint Lucia to France.

Meanwhile, Mr. Mubarak's regime never ceded power.

Western governments eventually ceded to this mood.

In 1860, it ceded the Kowloon peninsula.

Bukovina was ceded to Austria in 1775.

Monday should be ceded to American football.

They basically ceded the crown to Samsung.

They have never ceded control.