How to Use capitulation in a Sentence

capitulation

noun

• The capitulation to Moore was a dry run for the coming assault on the rule of law.
  — Jonathan Chait, Daily Intelligencer, 8 Dec. 2017
• Which makes sense, given that capitulation to the dom is part of the kink.
  — Elizabeth Kiefer, Glamour, 7 May 2018
• The Reds are at a point when their capitulation of the past three seasons needs to turn into progress.
  — Paul Daugherty [e-mail], Cincinnati.com, 25 Oct. 2017
• The capitulation at the back in midweek will be a cause for concern for Klopp.
  — SI.com, 3 Oct. 2019
• Many Democrats in Congress cast the move as a brazen capitulation to banks.
  — Mark Trumbull, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 Mar. 2018
• Most depressing of all has been the capitulation of the NFL.
  — Jonathan Chait, Daily Intelligencer, 24 May 2018
• But the raids seemed to do little to bring Japan's capitulation.
  — Brad Lendon and Emiko Jozuka, CNN, 7 Mar. 2020
• But to now sit back and not adjust would come off close to capitulation.
  — Ira Winderman, sun-sentinel.com, 25 May 2021
• But the scope of Krause’s list and one of the biggest school districts in Texas’s capitulation to it are worrying.
  — Emma Sarappo, The Atlantic, 8 Dec. 2021
• In the end, no one can resist the singing of Whoville, but the Grinch's capitulation looks fantastic in this new vision.
  — Aimée Lutkin, ELLE, 30 Nov. 2022
• That doesn’t seem to suggest that investors have reached the point of capitulation.
  — Gunjan Banerji, WSJ, 29 Oct. 2022
• It’s this question of capitulation that brings us back to Trust.
  — Jonathan Dee, Harper’s Magazine , 25 May 2022
• When the two sides are so far apart, compromise looks a lot like capitulation.
  — David French, National Review, 24 Oct. 2017
• The country is still reeling from the Taliban takeover, the swift capitulation of Afghan forces and the chaotic departure of U.S. troops.
  — Saphora Smith, NBC News, 31 Aug. 2021
• Now, this wasn’t a complete UConn capitulation as seen in other games — the Huskies kept after it.
  — Dom Amore, courant.com, 3 Feb. 2018
• Günter lifts his feet back onto the couch and lies down, both ashamed and relieved at his capitulation.
  — Stephen O’Connor, Harper's magazine, 20 Jan. 2020
• The French quickly lost military campaigns to their archnemesis, the British, and then lost the stone in a treaty of capitulation.
  — Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 29 Dec. 2022
• The myth arose within hours of the conflict breaking out and when Ukrainian fears of a total capitulation were at their height.
  — NBC News, 2 May 2022
• This gets my vote, but what chance is there when compromise is seen as capitulation, and both sides are too invested in the war?
  — Steve Lopez, latimes.com, 25 Apr. 2018
• The massive sell-off and recovery could be the sign of capitulation that investors have been hoping for.
  — Jj Kinahan, Forbes, 25 Jan. 2022
• Some in attendance thought the move was capitulation, a sign that the previous 23 months had all been for nothing.
  — Stephen Rodrick, Rolling Stone, 21 Feb. 2023
• The capitulation of Belgium left Allied troops trapped between German forces and the French coast.
  — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 19 July 2017
• McConnell has set a pretty high bar of Trump capitulation himself over the years.
  — Michael Tomasky, The New Republic, 1 Sep. 2023
• In some respects, will is a capitulation to reality, a response to the fact that each of us must meet our basic needs.
  — Arthur C. Brooks, The Atlantic, 27 Jan. 2022
• Tesla has refused to do this for a long time in spite of strong pressure to do so, so the capitulation shows an interesting change of heart.
  — Brad Templeton, Forbes, 28 May 2021
• Trump tried to walk back his seeming capitulation to Putin the next day, but not very convincingly.
  — Chas Danner, Daily Intelligencer, 2 June 2018
• Democrats in the House will not accept a complete capitulation to McConnell on every front.
  — David Brooks, Star Tribune, 4 Dec. 2020
• Now, a capitulation on prices by the biggest miners is sparking the industry back to life.
  — Thomas Biesheuvel, Bloomberg.com, 29 Aug. 2020
• Both the Russian elite and the broader public desire peace, but strictly on terms favorable to Russia—ideally with the de facto capitulation of Ukraine.
  — Tatiana Stanovaya, Foreign Affairs, 9 May 2024
• These capitulations weaken businesses and the American economy more broadly.
  — Brandon Gomez, CNBC, 19 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 21 Dec 2024