caved

past tense of cave

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for caved
Verb
  • According to measurements submitted to the weather service, snowfall totals ranged between 8 and 13 inches in the Kansas City area.
    Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 6 Jan. 2025
  • The application deadline has been extended to January 24, 2025, with prescreening requirements — ranging from two original rap songs, four original beats, a turntable performance, or a beatbox performance — submitted by video before a live audition.
    DeMicia Inman, VIBE.com, 6 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • In his first five episodes, Newsom has mostly capitulated to right-wing guests, agreeing with them on issues such as trans women competing in sports and the vilification of white men.
    David W. Brown, The New Yorker, 21 Mar. 2025
  • Instead, United capitulated, turning in what remains the worst defeat of Farke’s tenure.
    Beren Cross, The Athletic, 16 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • To his sons, however, the Party offers meaning and purpose—a powerful countervailing force to the lack of prospects besetting their generation, which had been decimated by the Great War.
    Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2025
  • The factory has been beset with delays—a result of Intel’s perilous financial state—and was once predicted to become the world’s largest chipmaking plant.
    Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 15 Aug. 2025
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“Caved.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/caved. Accessed 27 Aug. 2025.

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