- present participle of succumb.
succumbing
Example Sentences
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They experience a brief catharsis, a release of their anxiety about succumbing to temptation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
You need to balance your enjoyment of the present with building a future in California, without succumbing to 24/7 pressure.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 3, 2026
But many of his projects are again succumbing to time, with chunks of pediment falling to the sidewalk.
From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026
Clifford Joseph Boisa, 79, died Tuesday after succumbing to injuries sustained in the incident.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2026
He’d been a dairy farmer for years, he said, before switching to corrections thirteen years earlier, succumbing to economic inevitability.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
