succumb
verb (used without object)
to give way to superior force; yield.
was succumbing
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past progressiveof succumb.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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It tells a story of these women at a time when tradition was succumbing to ravages of colonialism.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 8, 2018
That was the first indication that even the media was succumbing to the single-combat mania that seemed to have died out many centuries ago.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 9, 2016
Eight times a week at the Golden Theater, Whizzer, Marvin’s “friend,” was succumbing to AIDS; a block away at the Shubert, Gershwin standards were getting a fresh airing in the frothy “Crazy for You.”
From New York Times ● Oct. 27, 2016
But Lee kept his golden eyes fixed on me, and soon it became difficult to say who was the mesmerist and who was succumbing to hypnosis.
From The New Yorker ● Jun. 1, 2015
I could see easily that the man of thought and reflection was succumbing before the man of action and of the world, and I was selfish enough to revel in the triumph.
From Confessions Of Con Cregan An Irish Gil Blas by Charles James Lever
