How to Use succumb in a Sentence

succumb

verb

• They will pressure you, and you must try not to succumb.
• Now it, too, is succumbing to the outbreak of the new .
  — Washington Post, 17 Mar. 2020
• The church's front doors lay in pieces, succumbing to the flames and the pressure of the water.
  — Noe Padilla, The Indianapolis Star, 24 Dec. 2024
• These are songs from a band that has not yet succumbed.
  — Armond White, National Review, 7 May 2025
• In a moment that is almost cliché, the lawyer is the first to succumb to the terror of the T-Rex.
  — Blake D. Morant, Forbes.com, 8 July 2025
• Broom is the second death-row inmate in Ohio to succumb to the virus.
  — Cliff Pinckard, cleveland, 31 Dec. 2020
• The doctor who treats him soon succumbs to the same ailment and dies.
  — Jeanne Jakle, ExpressNews.com, 24 Mar. 2020
• Lois, on the other hand, fears the world is succumbing to evil.
  — Ingrid Vasquez, Peoplemag, 24 Sep. 2024
• And of all people over 70 who get this virus, 10% of them succumb to this virus.
  — CBS News, 24 Jan. 2021
• After six months or so in the womb of the cave, Flamini succumbed to its rhythms.
  — D. T. Max, The New Yorker, 21 Jan. 2024
• That said, the film sometimes succumbs to the tireder tropes of the music-doc genre.
  — Tim Grierson, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2025
• With so many tough games, the Cougars will have to make sure to stay healthy and not succumb to injuries.
  — Norma Gonzalez, The Salt Lake Tribune, 31 Aug. 2021
• Shakur succumbed to his injuries a week later at the age of 25.
  — Kristen Waggoner, Newsweek, 21 Jan. 2025
• But at least a few of them will succumb to the appeal of the Olympics, and Popovich’s team should be a favorite again.
  — Mike Finger, ExpressNews.com, 12 Sep. 2019
• Now, at last and in style, United has succumbed to the future.
  — Rory Smith, New York Times, 25 Feb. 2018
• The goal, Brown said, is to not succumb to the emotional highs and lows within a game.
  — Michael Lev, The Arizona Republic, 16 Sep. 2021
• Or will the center of the universe succumb to a snarling, fire-breathing beast?
  — Eric Francisco, Rolling Stone, 1 Mar. 2025
• That, plus a whippable flex between the feet, and a stiffer tail that won’t succumb to g-forces.
  — Drew Zieff, Outside Online, 18 Oct. 2022
• Did the children succumb first, and the parents waited at their sides?
  — New York Times, 14 Mar. 2022
• Be more clever than Trump, and don’t succumb to the nastiness.
  — Max Cea, Billboard, 22 Aug. 2019
• Young succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene.
  — Eshaan Sarup, The Arizona Republic, 26 Mar. 2024
• Equipped with the human ACE2, mice succumb to a lethal brain disease.
  — Jon Cohen, Science | AAAS, 13 Apr. 2020
• Katie died at the scene, while Chloe succumbed to her injuries the next day at the hospital.
  — Rachel Wolf, FOXNews.com, 9 Aug. 2025
• The President was right to walk away rather than succumb to their...
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 9 Aug. 2020
• The odds were always bad, and the Dallas Stars succumbed not to math but the better team.
  — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 May 2026
• Rangel succumbed to his injuries two days later, on December 6.
  — Peter D'abrosca , Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 1 May 2026
• Officials fear many animals were lost in the chaos and may have succumbed to the flames.
  — Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 30 Apr. 2026
• Deputies rendered medical aid; however, one man and the woman succumbed to their injuries and were pronounced dead at the scene.
  — Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2026
• The remaining eight sloths succumbed to other health issues.
  — Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 27 Apr. 2026
• With the cameras rolling, Belt succumbed to the emotion of the moment.
  — Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 25 Apr. 2026