succumb
verb (used without object)
to give way to superior force; yield.
had succumbed
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past perfectof succumb.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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A statement from his wife and children sent to AFP said he had "succumbed to cancer this Friday, October 31".
From Barron's ● Oct. 31, 2025
Many of Monet’s artist friends, including James McNeill Whistler, John Singer Sargent and Édouard Manet, had succumbed to La Serenissima’s seductive light and glittering water, but Monet seemed resistant.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2025
One student didn’t realize his shoes had succumbed to the fire until recent basketball tryouts, Grant said.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 21, 2023
He then met with Bazoum and shared his impression that Tiani had succumbed to a "mood swing", something he could help resolve, the person close to Issoufou said.
From Reuters ● Aug. 6, 2023
He had succumbed to these pressures by sentencing us to life and resisted them by not giving us death.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
