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1. All Rose wants is to keep dancing, but deep down she realizes she will have succumb to her parents wishes and concentrate on her studies to become a doctor or a lawyer or something prestigious
2. We plan for old age and build house, invest intelligently but if we succumb to love and write away every thing to our children then we are sowing the seed of pain and suffering
3. ‘He didn’t hurt you, did he?’ Stephen asked fiercely, as I succumb to tears, sobbing into his shoulder as he helplessly pats my back
4. some would use these skills to fill a void in their heart where Conscience should be and exercise that power to influence others, but you must not succumb to such a temptation, our service is in humility and faithfulness, without selfish gain, nor personal merit
5. To Kaitlyn's great relief, knowing how amateur thespians can succumb to last minute debilitations of stage fright and other psychosomatic disturbances, the Village Players were made of sterner stuff, ready for their moment of public exposure
6. Huge amounts or he will relapse and succumb
7. And as long as there was hope, she would never succumb to the dark
8. If she allowed them back into her thoughts, she’d succumb to despair
9. Most souls who have had very little experience in balancing the polarities of the Earth, often succumb to the lower frequencies of energy i
10. In those hormone-rich times he was even tempted to succumb to their advances, not particularly proud of himself
11. When they were both out of the room, I could let myself succumb to the fright that threatened to overwhelm me
12. She decided she would succumb to temptation after her experience in the Arch
13. When she returned that night, she hoped to succumb to a twelve-hour slumber
14. ―I will vote for the best candidate,‖ the best qualified to lead our nation, possessing the highest credentials, of unblemished character ad nauseam, are worthy sentiments that in practice, however, oftentimes succumb to the temptations of party loyalties
15. I am reminded that great nations having forgotten the lessons of History must inevitably succumb to the complacency of its (own) designs
16. He’d discovered how the aliens managed to bring down their fast moving prey - a few bites and they’d quickly succumb
17. He would not succumb to any torture the Ministers might put him through, for when all his trials and tribulations had come to pass, he would be a simple man no more
18. If any of them happens to succumb, it will tarnish your
19. Indeed, it would be her strength that would sustain her for a few more difficult years of serious health problems before she would to succumb to life‘s inevitable summons
20. ” Given the right mix of hellish elements, anyone could succumb
21. experience "looking angrily condemned to refer, head bowed as a willing ox" this quote can feel they don't succumb to the secular gossip, don't be annihilated by message, and don't care about
22. He sent along some herbs and instructions for using them should we succumb again
23. succumb to its own perfection
24. "Some individuals succumb after a couple of hours, whereas others succumb after a day
25. him long dead and move on, or that she too would succumb to the
26. Bromwich has told the industry that he won‘t succumb to ―political pressure‖ to speed up this process and that a slow rate of permits approval is the ―cost of improving safety‖
27. succumb to an asthma attack, that Doc had not wanted to tell
28. the states have ‘been able to exercise less and have been forced to succumb to increasing amounts of federal regulation in exchange
29. This wall did not succumb so easily as the first, and they slashed it for almost eight kilometers over the next minute, accelerating that whole time, before Povon managed to be the first of many to force her power into the crack
30. Johan’s overwhelming sadness swept over Simon, who struggled for breath so he would not succumb to it
31. “Yes, beings who will not succumb
32. This wall did not succumb so easily as the first, and they slashed it for almost five miles over the next minute, accelerating that whole time, before Povon managed to be the first of many to force her power into the crack
33. Thankfully, the country was still too well oriented to free enterprise to succumb to such a secretively hatched, ultraexpensive, and ill-conceived program
34. Succumb to the ideal,
35. respect to earlier ones, and that in most cases, the babies that do not succumb in
36. This allows them to not succumb to their anger and hatred, and to survive
37. Those who are unable to defend themselves with these mechanisms succumb and
38. Many are the children who succumb to the mother's pressing request and her
39. The girl seems to resist the magic in this world but the Soul Beast is from another – perhaps she will succumb to its unearthly powers
40. She was a fighter and didn't succumb to it, despite being unconscious
41. later she would succumb to the disease, leaving her children orphans in the care of Stanley’s
42. up, do not succumb to the temptation to just lay in bed
43. "Yes, your Supremacy, all men will succumb to lust sooner or later
44. Who wouldn’t succumb to an arsenal like that?
45. I realized the choice was mine: succumb or claim my sov’reignty
46. The white crystal ball at the end was a formulated spell that would protect the person who touched the plant to not succumb to evil
47. Do not succumb to them;you have to come up with flying colors
48. In the enchanted evening they passed their time without a care, inseparable but for the running and the hiding of their play, and only once would they succumb to sleep and in so doing lose their never-ending day
49. When I promised to tame my monster, he told me I already had, just by acknowledging its existence, and resolving not to succumb to it
50. glad he was going to succumb to Research
1. He was long dead by these troubled times, having succumbed to the extremes of AIDS in the mid-eighties, to outraged popular disgust, especially amongst his former female admirers
2. Sadly, their condition by then was not very good due to damage from candle soot and expectedly, some areas had succumbed to damp, but I was amazed at the depth of the ochre, the rusts and the blues, all given life by the sunbeams streaming in through the apsidal windows
3. I had no idea Tdeshi might have succumbed to shonggot at the time so it didn’t connect
4. I would have succumbed to the poverty and diseases in my homeland
5. succumbed to copious quantities of what Tom’s Granny would have
6. Harry went to the far back of the grounds and saw straight away where the earthen levee had succumbed to the river, he then inspected the house proper and was surprised to see that the foundation's piers were remarkably undisturbed
7. Yolanda Spelman had succumbed to an incidence of cholera during a trip with her husband to Japan
8. Another ten had succumbed to fire and Papa’s men had taken out a further twenty
9. Zarko felt guilty, but also glad that he had not succumbed to her charms
10. interaction between believers and thus succumbed to
11. crosses that marked the graves of those who succumbed and
12. His wife had succumbed to his power
13. I read on in it he said that Rosie had been transferred to the infirmary but despite the most arduous efforts she had succumbed to the disease that had afflicted her at 10:15hrs on the date of my Courts Martial
14. He had succumbed to anger, killed Seraphia and been sent to prison
15. Then, after a year in prison, he had succumbed again, attacked Millicent and been sent to the dark room
16. I was sad, and I succumbed to the bullying of this demon chicken
17. raisins the babies have succumbed to sleepiness, and it is Peggy who
18. Through the blockade, and during the weary negotiations for peace, when anarchy reigned in Cuba, the residue of the reconcentrados and hundreds of the lower classes in the cities succumbed to privation
19. Whenever I reflect on the ―Holocaust‖ (one of many since the latter half of the twentieth century), I am reminded of how many of its victims succumbed to the loss of life as well as the untold indignities that many individuals were (otherwise) subjected to in one manner or another
20. I believe that many of us could use a little bit more of that old-fashioned-styled ―Fire and Brimstone‖ conspicuously absent from today‘s sermons inasmuch as many of our priests have succumbed to politically correct manners inconsistent with church teachings
21. “Seems our old friend Frank Collins has succumbed to temptation,” he said thoughtfully
22. As it turned out, his assignment to the division came at a most opportune time: Costa Rica had recently succumbed to US pressure insisting that it expand its efforts against cocaine
23. To gain conviction against him, Edgar was fighting more than just a highly skilled defense lawyer: also to consider were corrupt judges and public attorneys, all of whom, even the semi-honest, succumbed to political pressure
24. Four thousand succumbed to yellow fever, malaria, and snakebite during the construction
25. “Enough! I’ve heard enough!” His words startled Truman, who had been going on trance-like with his story – just as he had as a child, talking into the dark until he succumbed to his sleep
26. He defeated evil for thousands of years, until he succumbed to old age
27. ” She succumbed, feeling an empty pit of fear where her stomach should be
28. It must have been an additional comfort to the inheritors of this morality tale as they viewed the remains of once viable settled communities that had succumbed simply because the land that they had killed for had refused to support them any longer
29. There’s only one place that could be: Candor headquarters, where I succumbed to the truth serum
30. The Western Roman Empire lasted about five hundred years and succumbed to the invaders from central Europe
31. ” Her voice begged as she succumbed to another wave
32. recognised her immediately, and succumbed to the same unusual
33. Having almost succumbed to the veil of weariness that had
34. They were presumed to have succumbed to some freak accident, but the bodies were never found
35. he succumbed to his injuries
36. Jiva, I had noticed in dread, had already succumbed to her wounds, but as I saw her chest lift up and down ever so slightly, I knew in my soul that she would be okay
37. felonious activities are not practices of which I make a habit, but I have succumbed to the
38. Back in Tarrasa, Roger succumbed to the stress that normally accompanies and scourges candidates for a doctoral degree after they finish writing their dissertation
39. He succumbed, instead, to bitterness and anger, and then yelled at her in reaction to some comments she made about her new life
40. Agatha’s husband succumbed to heavy drinking, winding up in jail for driving under the influence of alcohol, lost his job and much weight, abandoned his children and fell into a life of debauchery
41. friends had succumbed to the cold of the night
42. Unpredictably, I had been forced to rent a still larger house from our realtor (owner was a Coast Guard CDR in Alaska who was lowering the price by several grand per month until it sold in April 1992), so when Will succumbed to homesickness at Christmas time, we had plenty of room for him while he attended UConn’s Avery Point branch in Groton spring and summer semesters before daring to live in the notorious Jungle on the Storrs campus that Fall
43. Selma told me that Paul succumbed to the
44. succumbed to Roman arms, it would have fallen to Roman culture as a result of the non-Jewish population and the then-equivalent of today’s culturally suicidal Jewish Left
45. Earlier, his Philistine wife had used the same ploy to get him to reveal the answer to a riddle and he had succumbed, but vice being what it is, tends to spring the same trap time and again
46. circumstances, she succumbed to the infantile Leftism that was as prevalent as the
47. Fire tracked through his thoughts as they had the first time he’d met Gelahn, the first time he’d succumbed to him
48. Palms that had been planted or taken root closer and lower than that would have succumbed to the stronger surge of the current that was apparent as it swirled around and through the tightly tied flotilla
49. that would have succumbed to the stronger surge of the current that was apparent as it swirled
50. Lorna regained consciousness during the night, asked groggily for some yoghurt and the whereabouts of Rick, and then succumbed to the drugs that would keep her sedated for a few days because of the concussion she had suffered from fall on the hard cement
1. and time upon His shoulders, succumbing to the myriad energies of relative balance
2. Succumbing to one of her rare moments of despair, Chrissie sat numbly and watched the bird as it wove back and forth across the stretch of water
3. He stepped back, then crumpled over, succumbing to the pain
4. He wouldn’t be imprisoned as Imorbis had hoped, nor would he have to worry about succumbing to the desires of the Plague
5. without succumbing to sleep?
6. waterproof decking materials that can easily withstand the harsh elements without succumbing
7. Nobody had been hurt yet, but how long could her luck hold? Did she have the right to risk these men’s lives? Even if their sacrifices might save Sespian? And if luck favored her, and the counterfeiting succeeded, could she actually bluff Hollowcrest and Larocka Myll into succumbing to her demands with these bills?
8. “Please assure me you’re not considering succumbing to this troglodyte’s advances
9. “George,” she complained while succumbing to the weight of his hand in the small of her back steadily guiding her towards the exit, “I was just getting going in there
10. Rage came! What rage! She kicked the walls of the tub and pounded her fists against the wall then, succumbing to defeat, sagged into the comfort of debilitating sobs
11. Rather than succumbing to an adoption system overburdened with orphans, my siblings and I ran to the fringe—the same place where your mother also took refuge, years later—and only I came out of there alive
12. remained of Sector7, his thoughts succumbing to vengeance
13. Once it entered her veins, no amount of willpower could keep her from succumbing to him
14. numb from the cold, it would only be a matter of time, the sea was quite calm which helped for a little while longer, at least he could paddle before succumbing to the elements
15. The forest that surrounded the area appeared to be succumbing to the weather — leaves were falling, leaving shriveled, bare branches to face the coming winter
16. With an odious and glacial voice he confronted him pressing to delivering the girl or succumbing up to the death
17. Ah! With such elegance Severa walked with her teapot pouring the precious amber liquid into our cups which exhaled their wonderful aromas: jasmine, orange, cinnamon or lemon! With such mastery she elaborated the delicious, fragile and fluffy pancakes that succumbing over a sea of maple and honey syrup expected the final destination to our mouths! The milk pouring into our glasses was not pasteurized in any way, no!; It came from a white cow with caramel spots, called Scarlet, which lived on a nearby farm whose owner each morning was given to the task to supplying of the precious liquid to some families concerned about the good health and nutritional habits of their offspring
18. Only the tips of the tallest dunes remained, rapidly succumbing to the relentless rainfall
19. “Impossible!” cried the final fisherman, scales away from succumbing to his fate
20. ‘ He raced away before succumbing to the urge to plant his fist in her unlovely face
21. In spite of all these dangers, Siri’s one remaining desire was to return to his family and the Maasai Mara before succumbing to disease or old age or, increasingly more likely, being killed by a feral
22. I felt hot all over and found myself succumbing to his touch as he ran his hands up my legs
23. Lotinger had heard of people succumbing to the mirages of the desert before
24. Succumbing to this, myself, I had
25. For the first time, Mitchell could see the devastating spiral his life was suddenly succumbing to: the once-coveted third baseman from Cravenswood Florida who had the world by the throat was now a lost soul out at sea without a port to call home
26. That is, do not waste this life adopting no rules except succumbing to the desires of the whimsical spirit
27. company is successfully defying the odds and not succumbing to the negative associations
28. He withdrew to his study with the major’s personal life and emerged at nine pm with a muddled brain succumbing to sleep
29. Wanderlust was part of his make-up, now, and he didn’t know if he could stop in the same place for long, without feeling claustrophobic or succumbing to itchy feet
30. In his [Augustine’s] view, succumbing to the flesh was at the heart of
31. are outnumbering reasons to achieve, and the can-do attitudes are succumbing to the better-nots
32. Trump or a rap star than have the confidence to go about life without succumbing to a yearning to impress people
33. Making a positive change doesn’t even have to cost a dime, and in many instances there are substantial savings to be had by not succumbing to the urge for one more beer, 250
34. Niki tore at the grass and then pulled her arms into her chest, succumbing to the rocking motion, and Tatiana’s quiet voice, as she whispered, “Shhhh, breathe
35. Succumbing to my desires—desires I cannot yet fulfill—will break whatever progress I’ve made, no matter how small that is
36. insufficient stimulus to prevent her from succumbing to sleep
37. Succumbing to anger, allowing the hate to burn and leave nothing behind, ignoring the ancestors’ supreme respect for life, were the most Melioran things he could do
38. It is in the realms of man’s vision to ennoble his woman by enabling her taste the fruits of femininity rather than succumbing to her whims for his gratification with her allurements
39. Having revealed that the deeds of the libertines are that which shackle them and that nothing of their actions is neglected, the Almighty wanted to refute their pretense of that the believers deprive themselves of pleasure and bliss when they abstain from giving their spirit its whim or succumbing to its desire
40. which she battled for seven years before succumbing
41. Which image more pornographic: the hormone ginormous, gravity succumbing, ground dragging breasts of the Allmerican Butterballing, prizewinning, thanksgiving dinner, or a Triple Crown winning stallion barebacking a blonde with supersized McBoobs? This is the black hole gravity of an insatiable sexual starvation: violent porn in the bed-nasium and fist-fucking, syringe-semination in the bestial barn-scrapers
42. He never got over that fact and remained in poor health before succumbing to his grief a few years later
43. He knew that if he turned and saw his own parents succumbing to the virus, he would lose all chance of coherent thought
44. Her guilt over what she had done to Leone was matched only by the shame of succumbing to her 58
45. struggled and kicked, one by one succumbing to their fate
46. “If we aren’t overcome by them, we have a good chance of succumbing to the virus
47. With blood everywhere and many of his colleagues succumbing to death and then entering a second life of sorts, Ben knew it was only going worse
48. Gower, once an honored soldier of Andua, was now succumbing to an incurable illness that had ravaged his once perfect body
49. How does a believer end up succumbing to such demonic influence bringing such torment? Unbelievers may have less protection since their sins have not yet been taken by Christ
50. She was lost to its sensations, a virgin succumbing to her seducer as it swept her back to Elanclose
1. This planet succumbs to gravitational lock before this sun burns out, but they calculate they have about another billion Earth years, they think fusion power would seriously deplete the planet of water in less than two hundred million
2. Once the Supreme Court succumbs to external (political) pressures or its own unqualified assumptions of Justice, without regard to legality, that legal body can no longer be properly considered an objective interpreter of our nation‘s laws; its critically-minded reviews and summary conclusions centering on the (penumbral) legality of questionable (historical) assumptions…
3. But money is power, and power succumbs to flattery from people who use you for their own agenda
4. The first possibility: she succumbs to and completely accepts what her
5. If she partially succumbs and partially rebels, she
6. control of her body, she succumbs to her fate as a woman
7. Through my stories, I hope the reader understands the insanity the addicted gambler succumbs to, even in a very short time
8. Even if he succumbs to any kind of disease, he will tide over the crisis very easily in a short time on account of his high standard of health and vitality
9. But then he disobeys his Creator and succumbs to his whim until he moves from light to darkness
10. Writings referring to the beast suggest a creature full of evilness and spreads destruction, but succumbs to a supernatural entity of light and goodness
11. It is the less sensitively aware animal who succumbs to the perils and dangers of its environment
12. That’s the thing if a girl succumbs quickly to a boy’s charm after his had his way with her he’ll tell all his friends about it and of course they’ll try their hand as well
13. Still the plain straightforward question why a child of normally healthy parents and seemingly a healthy child and properly looked after succumbs unaccountably in early childhood (though other children of the same marriage do not) must certainly, in the poet's words, give us pause
14. Though small companies die in dozens and the occasional middle-rank company succumbs, it is fairly rare for a major commercial undertaking to go belly up
15. The emotion of greed is, of course, a disaster for anyone who succumbs to it because of the surge of adrenaline that runs through the body
16. All these temptations are so great that they evidently intoxicate the author: he succumbs to them, and, though he continues to work out his novels as regards their forms, and does it even better than before, and even loves what he describes, he no longer loves what he describes because it is good and moral, that is, because it is loved by everybody, and hates what he describes not because it is bad and despised by everybody, but only because one thing accidentally pleases and another displeases him