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

Beethoven," says Old Fogy, is "dramatic, powerful, a maker of storms, a subduer of tempests; but his speech is the speech of a self-centred egotist.

From A Book of Prefaces by Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis)

—Why does she not execrate me?—O the triumphant subduer!

From Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 8 by Richardson, Samuel

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 Spence, Percy F. S. (Percy Frederick Seaton)

The hero is "a hunter of demons, a subduer of the wilderness, a woodman of the faith."

From Short Stories for English Courses by Mikels, Rosa Mary Redding