All 3 Uses of
succumb
in
War and Peace
- He was succumbing to irresistible, youthful, childish drowsiness.†
Chpt 3 *succumbing = consenting reluctantly; or suffering defeat
- Sonya did not succumb to the tender tone Natasha used toward her.†
Chpt 8
- When he was informed that among others awaiting him in his reception room there was a Frenchman who had brought a letter from his wife, the Countess Helene, he felt suddenly overcome by that sense of confusion and hopelessness to which he was apt to succumb.†
Chpt 11
Definition:
consent reluctantly; or suffer defeat