surrender eventually
Frequency: 6.27.5 per million words
To surrender after a period of time or resistance.
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Examples (10)
- After a long siege, the besieged army was forced to surrender eventually.
- The rebels fought bravely but knew they would surrender eventually.
- Despite their initial defiance, the enemy forces had to surrender eventually.
- The prolonged negotiations indicated that a surrender would happen eventually.
- He decided to surrender eventually rather than face further losses.
- The government hoped the protestors would surrender eventually.
- The captain knew his crew could not hold out forever and would surrender eventually.
- Although they resisted for weeks, the fort had to surrender eventually.
- The dictator finally agreed to surrender eventually after international pressure.
- The outnumbered soldiers realized they would surrender eventually.