surrender
Example Sentences
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The wind whined in the street and stirred the moonlit curtains, which fluttered like flags of surrender.
From Literature
The core question is simple: What does unconditional surrender get you?
From MarketWatch
After warming up to the theme song from “Top Gun,” he surrendered six hits and struck out just two batters.
South Koreans hailed their latest cultural product to infect the world with "K-syndrome" -- the irresistible surrender to the country's movies, music, books, fashion and cuisine.
From Barron's
“I don’t see the Iranians unconditionally surrendering,” she said, adding that the last time Tehran did so was in an 1800s treaty with the Russian Empire, when it ceded territory in the Caucasus.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
