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
  • But in an area beset by industrial pollution, residents are wary of the methane gas turbines helping to power the electricity-hungry behemoth.
    Stephanie Gosk, NBC news, 15 May 2025
  • The last loose change of extra time had been spent and still nothing could split Sunderland and Coventry City after 210 minutes beset by the angst of a season’s work being placed on the line.
    Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 14 May 2025
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“Caved.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/caved. Accessed 23 May. 2025.

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