succumbing

Universities are not alone in succumbing to that temptation.

Universities: Who Needs Them? 1974

The increasing pressure to do well in every class, balance a full plate of extracurricular activities, and maintain a high grade point average is often described as succumbing to the

New America Media Chris McFadden 2010

The increasing pressure to do well in every class, balance a full plate of extracurricular activities, and maintain a high grade point average is often described as succumbing to the

Hyphen magazine - Asian American arts, culture, and politics 2010

I don't like whisky, so it couldn't really be called succumbing to temptation.

Some by Fire Pawson, Stuart 1999

"The presses stopped forever at no less than 142 daily and weekly newspapers in 2009, a nearly threefold increase over the number of titles succumbing in the prior year."

Stephen's Lighthouse 2009

"The presses stopped forever at no less than 142 daily and weekly newspapers in 2009, a nearly threefold increase over the number of titles succumbing in the prior year."

Stephen's Lighthouse 2009

It would be easy to blame all this on the young and complain about their "succumbing" to the temptations of consumer culture or pitifully compensating for their loss of the markers of maturity by embracing a phony world of aggression and display.

'Men to Boys: The Making of Modern Immaturity' 2008

Fortunately, though, a girl then produces a gem of a line about "succumbing" to Bertie Ahern and the show is back on track.

Irish Blogs 2010

In court and in the press, “They publicly defended their personal integrity and private property instead of succumbing to violent intimidation, and they refused to act as fugitives from justice.”

A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010

Simon Patten, one of the most influential economists of the early twentieth century, argued for an increase in the material wealth of ordinary Americans, but only so that they would not seek solace from their poverty by succumbing to “debasing appeals to pent-up passions.”

A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010