succumb to
Example Sentences
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It’s the jaded who succumb to violence and hopelessness, dragging everyone down with them.
From Salon ● Jun. 13, 2026
These kinds of commoditized industries tend to succumb to price wars: The lowest-cost producer “wins” by destroying the entire industry’s margins.
From Barron's ● Jun. 3, 2026
We can all live and work together—or we can succumb to fatalism and a false sense of inevitability.
From Slate ● May 28, 2026
Eight hours into the walk, she started to succumb to an electrolyte deficit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026
I listen, but succumb to anxiety—lose all distinction between left hand and right—fumble the musket—find myself marching into my companions.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
