conquering

Example Sentences

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The practice started when the financial-services companies that lined lower Broadway would throw their used stock-ticker tape out the window onto the conquering heroes passing below.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 17, 2026

But we all know summer fare like this is only ever as enjoyable as the monsters conjured up for conquering.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

But as it turned out, days after the Games came to a close, Norway wasn’t done conquering Milan.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 25, 2026

It is an accomplishment of modern thinking to get to the point where we said, “You can’t go around conquering territory, and to conquer a territory doesn’t mean you have a right to the territory.”

From Salon • Feb. 25, 2026

Maniac produced his certificate for conquering Cobble’s Knot, and twenty minutes later the young runaways were at tacking a large pizza with pepperoni.

From "Maniac Magee" by Jerry Spinelli