Definition of 'succumb'. succumb. If you succumb to temptation or pressure, you do something that you want to do, or that other people want you to do, although you feel it might be wrong. Don't succumb to the temptation to have just one cigarette. The Minister said his country would never succumb to pressure.
Often by placing their characters in jeopardy. Here are some things that create suspense: 1  when the reader knows something the characters don't. 2  when the reader doesn't know something the characters do.  when the reader knows something is going to happen, but doesn't know what it will be.
What is Suspense? Suspense is the element of both fiction and some nonfiction that makes the reader uncertain about the outcome. While most obvious in mystery stories such as those published in Ellery Queenâs Mystery Magazine or Alfred Hitchcockâs Mystery Magazine, suspense is present in all good fiction.