subdue

Example Sentences

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They are just data brokers doing business, they say, and it’s not their fault if what they gather and sell is used to subdue and surveil people.

From Salon • Feb. 20, 2026

According to the incident report, an unspecified number of people tried to subdue LaBeouf and eventually let him go “in hope that he would leave.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 17, 2026

Fern, whose pen name wouldn’t be widely familiar until 1851, was a bright and spirited girl whose time at a religious school failed to subdue her.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 27, 2026

But the 34-year-old singer's agency told South Korean media that Nana - whose real name is Im Jin-ah - and her mother managed to subdue the intruder until police arrived.

From BBC • Nov. 16, 2025

President Buchanan, utterly failing to understand his country’s deep divisions, tried to subdue public opinion by labeling slavery’s expansion “a matter of but little practical importance.”

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock