How to Use give way in a Sentence

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• For a moment, the noise of the day gives way to something softer.
  — Frank Diana, Time, 30 July 2026
• Williams told the outlet that about seven people fell when the deck gave way.
  — Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 11 July 2026
• The lip of the canyon gave way to a gently dropping swale of lush grass, aspens, and large oak trees.
  — Frank C. Hibben, Outdoor Life, 13 Feb. 2025
• The thrill of invention gives way to the hard work of governance.
  — Greg Pavlik, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
• Its sieve-like surface gives way to the semi-private backyard.
  — ABC News, 12 Aug. 2026
• Languid piano tunes give way to surging, keening tides of strings.
  — Tim Greiving, Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2026
• The leaves give way to small tubular flowers in pinkish-purple hues in summer.
  — Madeline Buiano, Martha Stewart, 15 Mar. 2026
• For just a few minutes this August, daylight will give way to darkness.
  — Dea Jusufi, Forbes.com, 25 July 2026
• The skiing that fills its winters gives way each summer to trails, passes, and open valley to roam.
  — Daniel Fusch, USA Today, 6 Aug. 2026
• The storms will give way to mostly clear skies in the afternoon, except for some haze from wildfire smoke.
  — Kansas City Star, 21 July 2026
• As such, the likelihood that the ceasefire will give way to full-scale war remains high, in our opinion.
  — Anthony Wanis-St John, The Conversation, 10 July 2026
• Pairing a jersey with a bubble skirt, structured bag, and boots gives way to soften the streetwear look.
  — Christina Perrier, InStyle, 30 July 2026
• Soon these will give way to starker vistas of tenuous grassland and hogback mesa.
  — Guy Trebay, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 Oct. 2018
• As dinner gave way to dancing, Vosk had one more surprise waiting for her new husband.
  — Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 25 July 2026
• The group stage has given way to the knockout rounds, where the drama increases and viewership does as well.
  — Scott Soshnick, Sportico.com, 3 Sep. 2019
• Those defenses gave way during the pandemic, and the fungus surged.
  — John Drake, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
• Plenty will be at play from the outset, with the mundane largely giving way to the meaningful.
  — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 14 Aug. 2026
• Patches of oak brush and mountain mahogany gave way to higher slopes so steep that there was no vegetation on them at all.
  — Frank C. Hibben, Outdoor Life, 13 Feb. 2025
• After several hours, Leonel's cries gave way to silence, Márquez said.
  — ABC News, 6 July 2026
• After several hours, Leonel’s cries gave way to silence, Márquez said.
  — Fernanda Pesce, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026
• Clark said the immediate trauma response would give way to a much longer public health challenge.
  — ABC News, 29 July 2026
• Mansions gave way to hotels and condos starting in the 1950s.
  — Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 31 July 2026
• Following the long catch and run, Mahomes gave way to the backup quarterbacks.
  — Pete Grathoff july 31, Kansas City Star, 31 July 2026
• The classic bright blue pool is giving way to deeper, more sophisticated tones.
  — Terri Williams, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
• Yet, in the last two years, this sentiment of sheer doom has slowly and steadily begun to give way to a tentative yet very much present hope.
  — Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 18 July 2026
• Her gown featured an ultra-plunging neckline that dipped nearly to her waist before giving way to a floor-length velvet skirt.
  — Daisy Maldonado, InStyle, 7 July 2026
• The auteur model, where a work emerges fully formed, is giving way to something more iterative.
  — Dana Harris-Bridson, IndieWire, 29 July 2026
• Of course, when a person live-streams long enough, banality can eventually give way to horror.
  — Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 12 Aug. 2026
• In Aubervilliers, a Paris suburb, the doors gave way under the pressure of the crowd, and fights broke out among shoppers.
  — CNN Money, 7 July 2026
• What some of those scientists believed at the start gave way to a different consensus as more evidence emerged.
  — Ari Daniel, NPR, 27 July 2026