Sentence examples for yielded ground from inspiring English sources

Gouvion-Saint-Cyr's defenders yielded ground slowly, at great cost to the attackers.

Even with air support and artillery batteries firing relentlessly, Mr. Assad's military has yielded ground.

After years of futile assaults from home remedies, folk wisdom and the best that science can offer, the common cold has finally yielded ground.

As he yielded ground, he clamped onto Sarbai several times, sometimes biting the larger dog's neck, sometimes lunging for his legs.

The canyon is steep and dusty and not good for the knees, but I liked the stubborn challenge it presented, how it yielded ground by increments and then took it back.

But the greater shame is that the most eloquent champion of "open" versus "closed" politics has yielded ground to his populist opponents now that they are in the ascendant.

Building on a study that started 20 years ago with an elderly population in Northern Manhattan at risk or in various stages of developing Alzheimer's disease, the Columbia research group has yielded ground-breaking findings that could change the way the disease is treated or someday prevent it.

And there is no reason either to think that China will yield ground on the broader philosophical point.

Dominant groups yield ground reluctantly, especially to those who are regarded as having simply settled for a job instead of choosing a more prestigious profession.

While Mr. Wen refused to yield ground on the yuan, he struck a conciliatory tone about another issue important to E.U. leaders: global warming.

I'm surprised by what The School for Scandal became in 2011 – but I'm more surprised by the critics' refusal to yield ground.