surrender

Example Sentences

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It reads more like terms of surrender rather than a basis for negotiation.

From BBC • Mar. 28, 2026

At the Potsdam Conference of 1945, after Germany's surrender, the allied leaders agreed that in the future Germany should be demilitarised.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

"It feels as though you want to give up, but you also know you can't surrender because you have a family."

From Barron's • Mar. 24, 2026

After years spent clenching, tightening and torquing myself out of all types of alignment, I am ready to surrender my way back to something like order.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

A stranger might reasonably interpret my brother's language as a lack of respect and view my father's response as a form of shameful surrender.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris