succumb
verb (used without object)
to give way to superior force; yield.
has succumbed
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present perfectof succumb (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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This is what it feels like to live in a society that has succumbed to what the late psychiatrist Robert Jay Lifton described as “malignant normality.”
From Salon ● May 24, 2026
But Nazanin has succumbed to a destiny that’s not her own.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 21, 2025
How ironic that once the knee is fixed, Stokes has succumbed to a hamstring injury.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2024
Some critics ask why the city has succumbed to being a focal point of “conspiracy tourism,” while former state legislator Helen Giddings is among those posing an even deeper question:
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 21, 2023
So my hair has succumbed to the lack of maintenance that exists when the world doesn’t judge you by it.
From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali
