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

Indra help thee in thy battles, proud subduer of mankind, Yama in the mightier duty, in the conquest of thy mind!

From Maha-bharata The Epic of Ancient India Condensed into English Verse by Dutt, Romesh

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 Jastrow, Morris

It is a wonderful subduer, this need of love,—this hunger of the heart,—as peremptory as that other hunger by which Nature forces us to submit to the yoke, and change the face of the world.

From Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 7 by Sylvester, Charles Herbert

Al'colomb, "subduer of hearts," daughter of Abou Aibou of Damascus, and sister of Ganem.

From Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook by Brewer, Ebenezer Cobham