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consent reluctantly; or suffer defeat- Everyone insisted she attend and she finally succumbed.
succumbed = consent reluctantly; or suffer defeat
- She predicted that 40% of Atlantic salmon would succumb to the disease.
- They had less than a month left before they succumbed to old very old age.Micheal Scott -- The Alchemyst
- Perhaps he was in danger of acting from obstinacy; perhaps it was his duty to succumb.George Eliot -- The Mill on the Floss
- Unfortunately, Fidel had many health problems, and at fifty-nine years old he succumbed to a heart attack and joined his mother and father in heaven.W. William Winokur -- The Perfect Game
- Four more Urgals succumbed to Zar'roc's thirsty bite, then Murtagh rode up beside Eragon, driving the press of Urgals backward.Christopher Paolini -- Eragon
- Clayton had to force himself not to succumb to panic.Nicholas Sparks -- The Lucky One
- I guess that's why, when he inevitably succumbed to his most shocking injuries, they had accorded him that barbaric tribal finale.Marcus Luttrell -- Lone Survivor
- I think the prospect of many healthy years reunited with his son gnawed at his mind until he succumbed at last.Henry H. Neff -- The Hound of Rowan
- Fay and Jane succumbed to an exhaustion that manifested itself the moment relaxation set in, and they, too, fell asleep.Zane Grey -- The Rainbow Trail
- Only you can shoot it without succumbing to the disease.Rick Riordan -- The Hidden Oracle
- He rose and moved about with a painful effort, succumbing now and again to attacks of nausea.Willa Cather -- Paul's Case
- If he had been armed I am sure he would have leaped across the table and we would have grappled on the floor until either he or I had succumbed.Pat Conroy -- The Water is Wide
- Thus far I had succumbed supinely to this imperious domination.Edgar Allan Poe -- William Wilson
- You succumbed to flattery and vanity.Rick Riordan -- The Blood of Olympus
- Some girls die or suffer lifelong injuries, but there is no data; a girl who dies after being cut is usually said to have succumbed to malaria.Nicholas D. Kristof -- Half the Sky
- Four days ago, one of the king's own squires had succumbed to cold and hunger, a boy named Bryen Farring who'd been kin to Ser Godry.George R.R. Martin -- A Dance With Dragons
- The scout that Bernie Kosar is choking finally succumbs to death and bursts into a heap of ash covering the dog's face.Pittacus Lore -- I Am Number Four
- In the past, there were many children who never survived—they succumbed to various diseases.Jostein Gaarder -- Sophie's World
- In the end the red weed succumbed almost as quickly as it had spread.H.G. Wells -- The War of the Worlds
succumb = suffer defeat (die from)