82 adjectives to describe surrenders

The latter returned with the announcement that the aristocracy demanded unconditional surrender.

From Philippopolis Godfrey sent ambassadors to Alexius, demanding the immediate surrender of Hugh.

" That's real politics: the voluntary surrender of some private good for the upbuilding of some community good.

It was hard, cruelly hard, on one who had given in the first hour of marriage, and never failed to give, a love whose devotion had no limit, no reserve or qualification; a submission that was less self-sacrifice or self-suppression than the absolute surrender of selfof will, feeling, and self-interestto the judgment and pleasure of him she loved: hard on her who had neither thought nor care for herself as apart from me.

We charge upon the present national compact, that it was formed at the expense of human liberty, by a profligate surrender of principle, and to this hour is cemented with human blood.

Total and definite, the surrender of the German colonies.

Far rather would they make the most abject surrenders to the Kaiser than deal with a renascent Republican Germany.

To the Senate of the United States: I transmit to the Senate, for its consideration with a view to ratification, a convention concluded on the 21st instant between the United States and His Majesty the King of Sweden and Norway for the mutual surrender of fugitive criminals.

And there he stopped, for her arms were suddenly about his neck, her lips raised in utter surrender to his.

But the spirit of its mighty heart still lived on in the Empire's grateful memories of Pitt and quickened the English-speaking world enough to prevent any really disgraceful surrender of the hard-won fruits of victory.

However, the chief executed a formal surrender of his province to Cook, and presents were exchanged, the whole ceremony ending with a display of fireworks which "both pleased and astonished" the natives.

All the members were adherents and nominees of the Medici, but were so enraged by the cowardly surrender of the fortresses that they already had the air of a republican assembly.

Americans do not consider that any fair-minded man possessed of ordinary commonsense can honestly believe that nations seeking to provoke war with Germany would have urged their protégé to make a humiliating surrender to insolent and unjust demands.

Demanding surrender.

It is not seemly to make concessions perforce; kings may not make obviously unwilling surrenders; it is the indecisive kings who lose their crowns.

What use, what advantage, what pleasurable sentiment, could arise from a tame surrender?

These directions are adapted to one of the contingencies specified in the act of Congress, namely, the amicable surrender of the possession of the Territory by the local ruling authority.

For more than four years he had patiently and anxiously watched the progress of the terrible struggle, and now, when victory was in sight, when it was apparent to all that the fall of Richmond, the surrender of Lee and the probable surrender of Johnston would end the long war, he was cruelly stricken down by the hand of an assassin.

He was relying upon an old English map of the country, but owing to its extreme inaccuracy, he lost his way, ran out of water, and made an inglorious surrender.

"Our instant and unconditional surrender.

There was something about that hand which spoke to Perris of helpless surrender, something more in the gloomy eyes which looked up to the foreman where he leaned against a pillar.

The first act of the new council was the appointment of a commission headed by Felipe Buencamino which was to go to Manila and there negotiate with the American authorities for an honourable surrender."

But there was no recognition in the glance that met hersonly the immeasurable pathos of a hopeless surrender; the fervent passion of Marina's will and faith had made all things seem possible of achievement, though Venice was against her, for had not the mission been given her in a vision by the Holy Madonna of San DonatoMother of Sorrowsand was not the issue sure?

It was the inevitable surrender of the commonplace in the light of a greater understandingin the realization of an unknown law to the significance of which some never attain.

At that time he was expecting an attack from the English, and the doughty governor prepared to wipe out the stain on Belgic prowess caused "by that infamous surrender."

82 adjectives to describe  surrenders