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
• 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
• But Patil is not willing to let her students succumb to doom and gloom.
  — Sabrina Toppa, Time, 8 June 2022
• The 1-year-old was transported to a hospital, but later succumbed to her injuries, police said.
  — Julia Reinstein, ABC News, 15 Aug. 2024
• Thankfully, Industry hasn’t succumbed to any of these tendencies yet — maybe, in part, because it hasn’t been showered with awards or received a large amount of attention.
  — Kyndall Cunningham, Vox, 11 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 18 Sep 2024