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 else i’ the world Time, the all subduer, merges in oblivion.

From The Seven Plays in English Verse by Sophocles

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

From Outline of Universal History by Fisher, George Park

And Elgiva, the enchantress, the worker of wonders, was hailed as Rowena, the mother of Wynde, the subduer of princes; yea, even of Chylde Wynde, the beloved, and the lord of Agitha the Beautiful.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume VI by Leighton, Alexander

Sinopean, to begin with, I was a king; king of all Caria, ruler of many Lydians, subduer of islands, conqueror of well-nigh the whole of Ionia, even to the borders of Miletus.

From Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 01 by Fowler, F. G. (Francis George)