Succumb

//səˈkʌm//

"Succumb" in a Sentence (20 examples)

He was weak enough to succumb to temptation.

Endeavor to reach your objectives and do not succumb to failures.

She had chosen to succumb to parental pressure.

To decide means to succumb to the preponderance of one set of influences over another set.

In Russian, nouns of foreign origin generally don't succumb to integration.

These symbolize the protagonist's unwillingness to succumb to the pressures of society.

Don't succumb to lunacy too much, tomorrow is your wedding!

Tom is at an age where he is more likely to succumb to peer pressure.

Let's not succumb the pressure.

The WHO reports dementia exacts a huge social and economic burden, one that will grow as people age and succumb to this mental illness.

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succumb to temptation

succumb under misfortunes

Thai culture as in many other Asian cultures, is succumbing to the influence of westernization.

Jones was called into action to deny Ruiz with a fine tackle before succumbing to his injury.

Sadly, the independent bookshop that occupied a room in the southern station building has succumbed to closure, due to the pandemic.

succumb to pneumonia

Upon returning to his flat, he discovered much to his dismay, that his ficus benjamina had succumbed.

He has not allowed the burn and his subsequent injury to succumb him, but to make him forever different but also, I think, forever better.

She had run away with Chiwi to San Jose when he was a year and half old; only to succumb him to the abuse of his aunt.

Known to be genuinely cheerful, every few months an unseen shadow would nevertheless succumb him, delivering a two-week melancholic stew of resentment and depression.

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