cede - use in sentences

Object

  • power: But what he really did was cede more power to Hoover as his price for doing so.
  • island: The Chinese were forced to cede the island to the British in 1842 following their defeat in the First Opium War.

Modifying Another Word

  • not: However, even an antiquated social order does not cede its place to a new order without resistance.

Object

  • ground: Others on the Left have expressed doubts, fearing he is ceding too much ground to the Right in the attempt to get elected.

Modifying Another Word

  • formally: Some years later, Lothian was formally ceded to Kenneth II.
  • finally: By the peace of Paris, 1763, the whole of New France was finally ceded to Great Britain.
  • willingly: Many societies facing insecurity have willingly ceded power to a centralized force through a desire for stability.
  • then: It was then ceded to Britain under the Treaty of Utrecht in July 1713.
  • also: In 1814, following the Napoleonic Wars, France also ceded Tobago to Britain.

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