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
The hero is "a hunter of demons, a subduer of the wilderness, a woodman of the faith."
From Short Stories for English Courses by Mikels, Rosa Mary Redding
Even the bold retainers of the crumbling family lost heart, and if they prepared to show any resistance at all, it was owing to the presence of Sampei, the heroic subduer of Corea.
From The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan by Wingfield, Lewis
Sinopean, to begin with, I was a king; king of all Caria, ruler of many Lydians, subduer of islands, conqueror of well-nigh the whole of Ionia, even to the borders of Miletus.
From Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 01 by Fowler, F. G. (Francis George)
It is a wonderful subduer, this need of love—this hunger of the heart—as peremptory as that other hunger by which Nature forces us to submit to the yoke, and change the face of the world.
From The English Novel And the Principle of its Development by Lanier, Sidney
