After some hard pushing, but never any blows, the police usually give way to the students.
The sturdy blow must give way to the honeyed word.
A sudden blow to his arm was already giving way to numbness.
The blow gave him no satisfaction, it only served to increase his shame.
But the blow did give his brain a cruel shaking.
He was angry all the same, but his blows gave me infinite pleasure.
Yet the blow had given him a sense of satisfaction.
A few sharp blows and one of them would give way.
The blow to the head has given you delusions, master.
It was as if the blows gave him new strength.