CEDE in a Sentence

Learn CEDE from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
Example sentences for CEDE, such as:
1. The Qing government ceded China's Hong Kong to Britain.
2. This island was ceded to Spain more than one hundred years ago.
3. As a result of a series of European wars, Florida was ceded to England.
4. Eventually the descendants of England's Henry II were forced to cede their French territories to the King of France.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of CEDE
cede
 v.  yield or formally resign and surrender to another
Classic Sentence:
1  He had been one of the winners in the land lottery conducted by the State to divide up the vast area in middle Georgia, ceded by the Indians the year before Gerald came to America.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER III
Example Sentence:
1  Eventually the descendants of England's Henry II were forced to cede their French territories to the King of France.
2  OPEC's decision to cede no ground to rival producers underscored the price war in the crude market and the challenge to U.S. shale drillers.
3  This island was ceded to Spain more than one hundred years ago.
4  The Qing government ceded China's Hong Kong to Britain.
5  As a result of a series of European wars, Florida was ceded to England.