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.

  • 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.

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

  • Rhodes capitulated in 1523.

  • Shortly after NATO's bombs stopped falling and Milosevic capitulated, Rieff assessed the lessons of Kosovo in a short Newsweek piece that made the case--from the safety of retrospect, naturally--for ground troops.


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