Sentences with cede
cede
C c - Only a short campaign took place in Puerto Rico, but after the war Spain ceded the island to America. [VERB noun + to]
- The lands were ceded by treaty
- The main plank in Mr Howard's plan was that the states cede their rights over management of the basin to the Commonwealth.
- President Barack Obama's plans to revamp the human space program would cede America's longtime leadership in space to other nations.
- ~ a risk~ business
- To cede territory.
- She recently agreed to cede the collection to USC, her husband's undergraduate alma mater, where he founded the architectural guild.
- Now, after her own friends stepped in to nudge her to cede the spotlight to Obama, Clinton must change roles again.
- Edward decided to cede the province.
- The opposition, which had staged days of protests calling on the president to quit if he would not cede to their demands.
- Families grow food, and grow closer together, when lawns cede their territory to communal produce gardens.