conquerable

Example Sentences

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The shark, as a threat, is foreign, is ultimately conquerable, and can be left in the past without requiring any self-reflection from the residents of Amity Island.

From Slate • Oct. 29, 2024

Another conquerable dome in Yosemite is quicker to get to from its trailhead than North Dome.

From Washington Times • Nov. 25, 2019

I had recently immigrated to the United States from Russia, come out, and dropped out of high school, and somehow Rand’s writing spoke to me, made the world appear simple and conquerable.

From The New Yorker • Jun. 6, 2019

But is it really possible for a university, born from a view that all knowledge — like land — is conquerable, to deeply incorporate an aboriginal philosophy, which values nature, relationships and balance?

From New York Times • Jun. 19, 2017

Each of the three powers which now divide the world is in fact unconquerable, and could only become conquerable through slow demographic changes which a government with wide powers can easily avert.

From "1984" by George Orwell