giving way
Example Sentences
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The first time I used it, I remember slicing into a sweet potato — the dense, orange flesh giving way so cleanly it almost felt like the knife was doing the work on its own.
From Salon • Apr. 21, 2026
Buckhannon itself has changed beyond recognition over the decades, its family farms giving way to lumber mills, then coal mining, then strip and mountaintop mining, and now to chain stores and tourism.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
The city is ever-evolving, the past giving way to the future, birthing new guises and blurring the old.
From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026
It’s as if a long-disused history book’s pages have finally been opened, dust giving way to color and purpose.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026
She spreads her arms wide and falls back onto the hill, the snow giving way around her, puffing softly as she lands in it.
From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott
