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
—Why does she not execrate me?—O the triumphant subduer!
From Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 8 by Richardson, Samuel
As long as Assyria continued to play the rôle of the subduer of nations, Ashur—the god of war par excellence—necessarily retained his position at the head of the Assyrian pantheon.
From The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria by Jastrow, Morris
Man is heaven-born—not the thrall of circumstances, of necessity, but the victorious subduer thereof.'
From Obiter Dicta by Birrell, Augustine
O subduer of foes, having been thus addressed by Dhritarashtra's intelligent son, Karna ordered all the necessaries for the excursion.
From The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Translated into English Prose Vana Parva, Part 2 by Ganguli, Kisari Mohan
