Example Sentences

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Buffett on tough conversations: Sometimes wonderful, loyal executives will succumb to dementia, Alzheimer’s or another debilitating disease.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 10, 2025

Instilling hope, the theory goes, is key to motivating people to act; without it, people will succumb to despair and apathy.

From Salon • Dec. 1, 2024

All eyes are trained on whether Governor Kazuo Ueda will succumb to 15 months of above-target inflation and finally tighten policy.

From Reuters • Jul. 27, 2023

He said many patients arrive at the hospital with advanced cases of the virus, increasing the likelihood that they will succumb.

From New York Times • Dec. 16, 2021

“And perhaps that will be true. Perhaps I will succumb to the perils of the forest, and it will be the Witch who comes to claim my child.”

From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill