succumbing

Example Sentences

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But succumbing to the siren song of salt, I left my packed lunch at home to give it a whirl and find out what regularly eating too much salt is doing to our health.

From BBC • May 15, 2026

We don’t want to be uncharitable toward the recently deceased, and we should note that he logged decades of impressive years before succumbing to decline.

From Slate • Apr. 25, 2026

"The more we can improve peoples' diets, the more we may be able to protect people from succumbing to disease."

From Science Daily • Apr. 7, 2026

A second month of serious job losses would paint a darker picture of an economy that may finally be succumbing to a set of destabilizing crosscurrents.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

I can also play any other instrument I like, for as long as I want, within reason, without succumbing to the same worry.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall