- present participle of succumb.
succumbing
Example Sentences
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You need to balance your enjoyment of the present with building a future in California, without succumbing to 24/7 pressure.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 3, 2026
Clifford Joseph Boisa, 79, died Tuesday after succumbing to injuries sustained in the incident.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2026
McCain said these varieties, plus the work of farmers like Bubb, turned potatoes once wilting under drought and succumbing to disease during floods into much more resilient potatoes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026
It seems the cohort of crypto-exposed names was joining the broad-based tech rally ahead of the open rather than succumbing to the pressure on Bitcoin.
From Barron's ● Jun. 18, 2026
He’d been a dairy farmer for years, he said, before switching to corrections thirteen years earlier, succumbing to economic inevitability.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
