How to Use capitulation in a Sentence

capitulation

noun

• This political capitulation doesn’t even phase out the tax.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 13 July 2017
• Then came what looked a lot more serious: capitulation in the face of superior tennis power and will power.
  — Christopher Clarey, New York Times, 7 June 2017
• Is the wielding of feminine wiles a judicious use of soft power or a capitulation to the patriarchy?
  — Wired Staff, WIRED, 26 May 2017
• Some people regard the idea of focusing on adapting to climate change, rather than preventing it, as a kind of capitulation.
  — Courtesy John All, National Geographic, 7 May 2017
• And forcing them to their knees in capitulation is not a prescription for unification but a prospect for disaster.
  — John Kass, Twin Cities, 1 June 2017
• Anything short of full repeal is, in Paul's mind, a capitulation, and would likely be viewed in a similar light by those who have supported him.
  — Chris Cillizza, CNN, 5 July 2017
• Even at the most self-interested level, none of them has an incentive to let the other strongarm a Biden capitulation.
  — Christian Paz, Vox, 27 June 2024
• The capitulation of Belgium left Allied troops trapped between German forces and the French coast.
  — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 19 July 2017
• At this moment in time, there’s been not an inch of capitulation, so every single sanction is in place, and NATO is still there.
  — Jacob Weisberg, Slate Magazine, 21 July 2017
• An even worse scenario, from its perspective, would be any capitulation to Putin by the U.S. paired with a lack of sufficient cyberdefense.
  — James Stavridis, Time, 27 July 2017
• But to hear the Gallic helmer tell it, the Netflix film is far from a capitulation to Hollywood but in fact a sly act of cinematic subversion.
  — Julian Sancton, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 June 2024
• 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

Last Updated: 28 Sep 2024