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
Man is heaven-born—not the thrall of circumstances, of necessity, but the victorious subduer thereof.'
From Obiter Dicta by Birrell, Augustine
All else i’ the world Time, the all subduer, merges in oblivion.
From The Seven Plays in English Verse by Sophocles
All lesser luminaries shone faint before the sun of Pompey, the subduer of the pirates, the conqueror of Asia, the glory of the Roman name.
From Caesar: a Sketch by Froude, James Anthony
Pompey, great general and great statesman, conqueror in Spain, subduer of Spartacus and the Gladiators, destroyer of pirates and final victor over Mithridates, comes back and lives as a simple citizen.
From Ave Roma Immortalis, Vol. 1 Studies from the Chronicles of Rome by Crawford, F. Marion (Francis Marion)
