Example Sentences

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But succumbing to the siren song of salt, I left my packed lunch at home to give it a whirl and find out what regularly eating too much salt is doing to our health.

From BBC • May 15, 2026

Only lawmakers can act to prevent European carmakers from succumbing to this temptation, he added.

From Barron's • May 8, 2026

We don’t want to be uncharitable toward the recently deceased, and we should note that he logged decades of impressive years before succumbing to decline.

From Slate • Apr. 25, 2026

"The more we can improve peoples' diets, the more we may be able to protect people from succumbing to disease."

From Science Daily • Apr. 7, 2026

Sierra whirled around, but it was just Big Jerome, finally succumbing to the team of ninth graders that Little Jerome had rallied.

From "Shadowshaper" by Daniel José Older