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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The Indian embassy in Saudi Arabia said on Sunday that an Indian man had succumbed to the injuries he sustained in the attack.
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026
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
Then his mother died, three years after his father had succumbed to COVID-19.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2025
I picked up my phone because I was weak and I missed him and because I’d been lying there, thinking about him for hours already; my brain had succumbed long before he’d texted me.
From "A Very Large Expanse of Sea" by Tahereh Mafi
