submitting to

Example Sentences

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Disputing a charge means arguing with a chipper chatbot, or submitting to an hour of brain-melting hold music—call volume higher than expected!—only to be disconnected.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 14, 2025

Likewise, industrial workers seeking union recognition during the 1930s grasped that their material interests were not improved by submitting to the dictates of Henry Ford and his fellow industrial moguls.

From Salon • Aug. 24, 2025

“Once you put the pieces in place, submitting to the story and using the words as your weapons to guide you through it, acting is just so fun.”

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 20, 2025

Part of his plea agreement states that he must co-operate with prosecutors "for the rest of his life, including by submitting to debriefings by US government agencies".

From BBC • Sep. 11, 2024

Ramona neither struggled nor cried; she let herself be moved without actually submitting to it.

From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger