subduer

Example Sentences

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Once again the goal derived from a Barton corner which was eventually headed on for Mike Williamson – the earlier subduer of Carew – to nudge down into Carroll's path.

From The Guardian • Aug. 22, 2010

This function properly belongs to Bel, both as the god of earth and as the subduer of Tiâmat.

From The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria by Jastrow, Morris

He was content to be surveyor, waggon-builder, blacksmith, subduer of beasts, man of infinite pluck, resource, and energy, for 30s. a week and rations!

From Peeps At Many Lands: Australia by Spence, Percy F. S. (Percy Frederick Seaton)

This new feat was ascribed to Attila himself, already too well known as the scourge of Europe and the subduer of so many German tribes.

From The Nibelungenlied Translated into Rhymed English Verse in the Metre of the Original by Needler, George Henry

As long as Assyria continued to play the rôle of the subduer of nations, Ashur—the god of war par excellence—necessarily retained his position at the head of the Assyrian pantheon.

From The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria by Jastrow, Morris