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

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

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

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

From Outline of Universal History by Fisher, George Park

Tiglath-Pileser, the powerful King; the subduer of hostile races; the conqueror of the whole circle of kings.

From Babylonian and Assyrian Literature by Anonymous