Both Uses of
succumb
in
The Bell Jar
- Dark, glowering woodwork, burnt-brown leather chairs, walls that might once have been white but had succumbed under a spreading malady of mold or damp.†
Chpt 8succumbed = consented reluctantly; or suffered defeat
- STARLET SUCCUMBS AFTER 68-HOUR COMA.†
Chpt 12 *succumbs = consents reluctantly; or suffers defeat
Definition:
consent reluctantly; or suffer defeat