vanquish
Example Sentences
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What follows focuses on Martin and Lora’s daughter Josie, who forges a successful life—she goes to Harvard and starts a family—but can never vanquish her longing for her father’s return.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026
One of these companies has a slightly more tolerable vision than the rest, although it’s fair to question whether any one of these ideals could ever vanquish the others.
From Slate • Feb. 10, 2026
The leader of one such community, Gaspar Yanga, forced Spanish authorities to recognize its autonomy, after troops failed to vanquish him in 1608.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 4, 2026
Instead, still a couple of weeks out from his 18th birthday, Littler calmly made his way through the rounds and then put in a display as mature as it was astonishing to vanquish Van Gerwen.
From BBC • Jan. 3, 2025
At the moment, the only victory he wanted was to vanquish an ice-cold drink and maybe some nachos.
From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan
Vocabulary lists containing vanquish
Grade 10, List 1
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The Tragedy of Macbeth
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"The Odyssey" by Homer, Books 19–24
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