Examples of 'succumbs' in a sentence

Meaning of "succumbs"

succumb (verb): To yield to a superior force or overpowering desire; to give in or give up; to surrender or die. This term is often used in situations where a person or group is overwhelmed by something, such as pressure, temptation, or opposition
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  • third-person singular simple present indicative form of succumb

How to use "succumbs" in a sentence

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Even a sealed chamber succumbs to the effects.
He then succumbs to the virus and collapses.
But not everything succumbs to the cold.
One who succumbs to cowardice is known as a coward.
I am portraying someone who succumbs to peer pressure.
One succumbs to the glamor of all that.
As his body slowly succumbs to the inevitable.
Woe to the unlucky one who succumbs.
She finally succumbs to the charm of an artist.
Then each member of the crowd succumbs.
So long as it succumbs without too protracted an illness.
Beloved local activist succumbs to cancer.
Eventually he succumbs to mental illness and is institutionalized.
It fades with age and succumbs to sickness.
He succumbs to pneumonia eight days later.

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The older brother succumbs to his injuries.
Succumbs to a mysterious craving to strike matches.
The body gradually succumbs to the disease.
Menus succumbs to his renewed alcoholism.
The unfortunate man succumbs to the lure.
The baby succumbs to illness during the gunfight.
Sawarka massacre victim succumbs to his wounds.
Fletcher succumbs to the cold and also dies.
The severed axon rapidly succumbs to degeneration.
He almost succumbs to his injuries but is revived in time.
In the end everyone succumbs to temptation.
He then succumbs to his injuries and embraces martyrdom.
Christine eventually succumbs to her injuries.
She succumbs to her feminine weakness.
Swetha eventually succumbs to the attack.
To its evening the valley succumbs.
Before she succumbs to the snake venom.
It must be treated by cataphoresis because it quickly succumbs to corrosion.
Before she succumbs to her wounds.
Go to the one who succumbs.
Yakov eventually succumbs to illness as well.
She succumbs to suggestions and dark aspects of the other.
She eventually succumbs to her illness.
She succumbs and lies down on the moors to die.
While half of mine succumbs to illness.
He then succumbs to his injuries and finally dies.
A true thief never succumbs to desire.
Denial usually succumbs to the unrelenting oppression of physical reality.
One of the victims later succumbs to his injuries.
Enkidu succumbs to a wasting illness.
Vulgarity begins when imagination succumbs to the explicit.
And yet he succumbs to the pressure of his father.
The mind of an inert man slowly succumbs to depression.
Man succumbs to great beauty.
Another soldier succumbs to injuries.

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