How to Use succumb in a Sentence

succumb

verb

• They will pressure you, and you must try not to succumb.
• Now it, too, is succumbing to the outbreak of the new .
  — Washington Post, 17 Mar. 2020
• Broom is the second death-row inmate in Ohio to succumb to the virus.
  — Cliff Pinckard, cleveland, 31 Dec. 2020
• The doctor who treats him soon succumbs to the same ailment and dies.
  — Jeanne Jakle, ExpressNews.com, 24 Mar. 2020
• Lois, on the other hand, fears the world is succumbing to evil.
  — Ingrid Vasquez, Peoplemag, 24 Sep. 2024
• And of all people over 70 who get this virus, 10% of them succumb to this virus.
  — CBS News, 24 Jan. 2021
• After six months or so in the womb of the cave, Flamini succumbed to its rhythms.
  — D. T. Max, The New Yorker, 21 Jan. 2024
• With so many tough games, the Cougars will have to make sure to stay healthy and not succumb to injuries.
  — Norma Gonzalez, The Salt Lake Tribune, 31 Aug. 2021
• Now, at last and in style, United has succumbed to the future.
  — Rory Smith, New York Times, 25 Feb. 2018
• The goal, Brown said, is to not succumb to the emotional highs and lows within a game.
  — Michael Lev, The Arizona Republic, 16 Sep. 2021
• That, plus a whippable flex between the feet, and a stiffer tail that won’t succumb to g-forces.
  — Drew Zieff, Outside Online, 18 Oct. 2022
• Did the children succumb first, and the parents waited at their sides?
  — New York Times, 14 Mar. 2022
• Be more clever than Trump, and don’t succumb to the nastiness.
  — Max Cea, Billboard, 22 Aug. 2019
• Young succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene.
  — Eshaan Sarup, The Arizona Republic, 26 Mar. 2024
• The President was right to walk away rather than succumb to their...
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 9 Aug. 2020
• This is more than three times the number of those who succumb to malaria.
  — The Economist, 14 Dec. 2019
• The boy was stabbed 26 times and succumbed to his injuries, the sheriff’s office said.
  — Chris Boyette, CNN, 15 Oct. 2023
• On May 5, Marvel's Blade became the first tentpole film to succumb to the strike.
  — Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 7 May 2023
• Saints teams of recent past would have succumbed to those mishaps.
  — Michael Democker, NOLA.com, 29 Oct. 2017
• Some guests fare better than others and beat the heat, while others succumb to the sauce.
  — Chris Snellgrove, EW.com, 8 May 2024
• And be this example to her the doesn’t succumb to these feelings.
  — Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 12 July 2023
• Lee falter in his steady volume of fire and succumb to his wounds.
  — Drew Broach | Staff Writer, NOLA.com, 10 Nov. 2020
• And even if one of them did succumb to a scratch, the distressed finish would neatly hide it.
  — Joanna Linberg, Sunset, 22 Jan. 2018
• The trees did not simply succumb to old age, the researchers believe.
  — Rachel Nuwer, New York Times, 12 June 2018
• And some are succumbing to the temptations of wide-open roads.
  — Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 2020
• The trick is to not succumb to the temptation of the immediate.
  — SPIN, 8 Feb. 2022
• Even dogs conditioned to this kind of weather can succumb to the cold.
  — Joe Genzel, Outdoor Life, 26 June 2020
• But Lynch’s unit did not succumb to the mounting pressure.
  — Jack Carney, Indianapolis Star, 2 Jan. 2018
• Big John, who was also shot, succumbed to his injuries.
  — Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 24 Sep. 2024
• The property is located on the Strip to the north of the track, which is just close enough to the action without succumbing to the congestion of being on the course itself.
  — Rob Reed, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 26 Oct 2024