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 Morris Jastrow
Man is heaven-born—not the thrall of circumstances, of necessity, but the victorious subduer thereof.'
From Obiter Dicta by Augustine Birrell
Mighty subduer of cities, Discretion, O princess of nations, Goddess whom I adore, safely you've led me thus far.
From Erotica Romana by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
As a great wave rolleth in majesty to the shore, so advanced the warrior ships of Chylde Wynde, the subduer of heroes.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume VI by Alexander Leighton
