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
And beholding them panic-stricken, Kunti's son, Yudhishthira, addressed that subduer of foes, the mighty-armed Bhima, saying, 'The king of the Matsyas hath been taken by the Trigartas.
From The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Translated into English Prose Virata Parva by Kisari Mohan Ganguli
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 Morris Jastrow
He had little sympathy with the national uprising against Napoleon, whom he looked on as the invincible subduer of the hated Revolution.
From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 01 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. by Kuno Francke
He was content to be surveyor, waggon-builder, blacksmith, subduer of beasts, man of infinite pluck, resource, and energy, for 30s. a week and rations!
From Peeps At Many Lands: Australia by Percy F. S. (Percy Frederick Seaton) Spence
