give in
verb
gave in; given in; giving in; gives in
: to yield under insistence or entreaty : surrender
Examples of give in in a Sentence
give in and have some chocolate
after withstanding hours of begging, their father finally gave in and let them go to the amusement park
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In my first novel, The Laughter, the middle-aged white male protagonist is an English professor who doesn’t understand why the university must give in to demands for a more diverse curriculum and faculty rather than simply teach about truth and beauty from the literary canon.
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Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2025
Amid all this, censors were sitting on Panahi’s script, only giving in after reformist newspapers took up his cause.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 14 Oct. 2025
The other is that China blinks and gives in.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 12 Oct. 2025
The way the director saw it, Garrett said, was that someone like Alma would never just give up, give in, roll over, and run away.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 10 Oct. 2025
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Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2025
Amid all this, censors were sitting on Panahi’s script, only giving in after reformist newspapers took up his cause.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 14 Oct. 2025
The other is that China blinks and gives in.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 12 Oct. 2025
The way the director saw it, Garrett said, was that someone like Alma would never just give up, give in, roll over, and run away.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 10 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for give in
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“Give in.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/give%20in. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.
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