surrender

Example Sentences

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What Israeli filmmaker Nadav Lapid is out to evoke is bone-deep submission: the kind of total capitulation and surrender that makes a person unrecognizable even to themselves.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi called the act a sign of moral collapse by “an enemy in disarray,” stating that such actions will not compel Iranians to surrender.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

"It makes me really angry that some people have to surrender their dogs or have them put down because they can't afford the cost in the UK," she adds.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

"It feels as though you want to give up, but you also know you can't surrender because you have a family."

From Barron's • Mar. 24, 2026

They would allow no woman to be forced to marry against her will they told the newcomers, nor would they surrender any suppliant, no matter how feeble, and no matter how powerful the pursuer.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton