Sentence examples for were surrendered from inspiring English sources
verb
To give up into the power, control, or possession of another; specifically to yield (a town, a fortification, etc.) to an enemy.
Of the 10,240 cases, licences were surrendered in only 1,417, or 13percentnt.
All were surrendered Tamil Tigers or suspected of belonging to the rebel group.
In the rolls of the dead of September 11, all these vital differences were surrendered to the impact and flash.
We've deleted from our minds that thousands of lives were surrendered in the cause of freedom in past wars.
Statistical accounting broke down in both Allied and Axis nations when whole armies were surrendered or dispersed.
Ideals and beliefs boldly enunciated early in the dispute were surrendered little by little as tribute to personal hostility, stubbornness, and bad manners.
He captured Acre (now ʿAkko, Israel) in the spring of 1291, and the remaining crusader fortresses were surrendered by the end of the year.
There was even time for Rashid to snap up a few bunnies, as 20 wickets were surrendered in fewer than 108 overs.
The guns were surrendered, and Admiral Metcalf received a nonpunitive warning after saying he had not known that importing automatic rifles violated federal law.
Two men were tried and Abdelbaset al-Megrahi was convicted of the Lockerbie bombing after they were surrendered by Colonel Gaddafi's regime.
Poor, abused and homeless children came to the society from the courts, orphan asylums and institutions for the indigent, or were surrendered by parents themselves.
