vanquisher

Example Sentences

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Everywhere I went in the history and in the archeology, I found that shells were great fact-checkers, because they tell a story more accurately than the vanquishers who tend to write history.

From Salon • Aug. 8, 2021

Twelve of his 17 vanquishers knew the way to the top 10.

From Washington Post • Sep. 1, 2016

After the match, Tony Adams and Lee Dixon made a point of seeking out their vanquishers to congratulate each and every one of them.

From The Guardian • Oct. 2, 2015

It was not long ago that England, vanquishers of New Zealand, Scotland, Ireland, France and Italy, were going to fill just about every slot on the tour.

From The Guardian • Mar. 23, 2013

On learning this resolution, Pescara joyously exclaimed, "We were vanquished; a little while and we shall be vanquishers."

From A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 4 by Black, Robert