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

Mighty subduer of cities, Discretion, O princess of nations, Goddess whom I adore, safely you've led me thus far.

From Erotica Romana by Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von

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

Man is heaven-born—not the thrall of circumstances, of necessity, but the victorious subduer thereof.'

From Obiter Dicta by Birrell, Augustine

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