giving way

Example Sentences

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The tracks were built long before the surrounding roads, and the city has grown around them, giving way to "risk normalisation", Amorn says.

From BBC • May 18, 2026

I can still conjure it: the heated seat warming my back, the hot chocolate coating my throat, the cinnamon strudel giving way under my teeth.

From Salon • Mar. 31, 2026

It’s as if a long-disused history book’s pages have finally been opened, dust giving way to color and purpose.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026

Bass-baritone Tomasz Konieczny was powerful as Kurwenal, his cocky sarcasm of Act 1 giving way to the caretaker’s forced optimism in Act 3.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026

“Well, in the language of the nebulae it’s actually—” She made a series of crackling and blowing noises that reminded Frank of a thunderstorm giving way to a nice cold front.

From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan