Example sentences for: capitulated

How can you use “capitulated” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • United States forces captured Los Angeles in 1847, and the Mexicans capitulated at Cahuenga.

  • Berger could only reply in exasperation that Saddam had "capitulated" on the key issue of weapons inspections.

  • The settlement was "a victory for NATO and a vindication of its belief in modern air power," said the conservative Daily Telegraph --but the paper qualified this with a claim that Milosevic only capitulated because of "the growing willingness of the Alliance to consider the deployment of ground troops."

  • Marshal Philippe Pétain, the hero of World War I, capitulated on behalf of the French on June 16.

  • Among the conservative British newspapers, still regarding the use of ground troops as both desirable and a distinct possibility, the Times of London said in an editorial that Milosevic's "peace" offer to Russian Prime Minister Yevgeny Primakov had been just "a feint to split the Alliance" and urged the continuation of the war until Milosevic capitulated.


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