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

All lesser luminaries shone faint before the sun of Pompey, the subduer of the pirates, the conqueror of Asia, the glory of the Roman name.

From Caesar: a Sketch by Froude, James Anthony

Usurtasen III., in after times, was revered as the subduer of the Nubian land.

From Outline of Universal History by Fisher, George Park

He is dramatic, powerful, a maker of storms, a subduer of tempests; but his speech is the speech of a self-centered egotist.

From Old Fogy His Musical Opinions and Grotesques by Huneker, James

Even the bold retainers of the crumbling family lost heart, and if they prepared to show any resistance at all, it was owing to the presence of Sampei, the heroic subduer of Corea.

From The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan by Wingfield, Lewis