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Mr. Tom Posted 8 years ago
Vocabulary

He looked surrendered

Hi

I was leafing through an old book in a bookshop today when I bumped on this sentence. Could you please tell me how it sounds to you?

He looked surrendered. His head was...

Thanks,

Tom

  

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I have to say it's the first time I've heard the expression. A quick Google search suggests there's very limited use of it in English, but it seems to crop up on occasion, I can understand what it means, but it doesn't sound right to me. Maybe that's just because I've never heard it?

— David Hatton

  • I have to say it's the first time I've heard the expression.
  • A quick Google search suggests there's very limited use of it in English, but it seems to crop up on occasion, I can understand what it means, but it doesn't sound right to me.
  • Maybe that's just because I've never heard it?
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I have to say it's the first time I've heard the expression. A quick Google search suggests there's very limited use of it in English, but it seems to crop up on occasion, I can understand what it means, but it doesn't sound right to me. Maybe that's just because I've never heard it?

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It sounds unusual and unnatural to me, and I don't like it. But I guess the modern-day equivalent would be, "He looked defeated." That is certainly a phrase I have heard and used before.

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