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vb. (past participle of give way English)
Usage examples of "given way".
The cold fogs of dawn had given way to mild morning warmth and then to the dry heat of a summer noon.
The slight background noise had given way to a veritable roar, an electronic avalanche that could mean only one thing.
The thin edge of hope upon which she had been balancing for the last two days had suddenly given way.
Carts had given way to shacks, and now most of the stores were housed in sturdy concrete bungalows.
Against true men they could not long have stood, but needs must have given way as round Plymouth and Virginia.
I do not want to say more than is necessary--I am too much ashamed of having given way as I have done, and I dare say you understand me.
Before the hour had arrived when he had appointed to attend at Whitehall, his gloom and despondency had given way to ardor and impatience.
An early mixture of magnesium and perchlorate of potash has since given way to an even slower-burning mix of aluminum powder and potassium permanganate which will probably remain standard until the last Musky has been slain.
Their mutual animosity had given way to the fear of something still more threatening, something unknown.