vanquished
Example Sentences
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Eighty years ago, though the Arsenal of Democracy had vanquished the Axis and weathered a withering Depression, the recovering American people found themselves rich in bills but short on laughs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026
Once the slave power had been vanquished, the Reconstruction Congress sought to enshrine birthright citizenship in the Constitution so it could never be stripped away again.
From Slate ● Jun. 30, 2026
In this zero-sum view of the world, any perceived enemies must not merely be defeated but vanquished altogether.
From Salon ● Mar. 10, 2026
But even with Mark Cuban in the bleachers, Indiana didn’t buy it all; vanquished opponents like Ohio State and Oregon spent much more.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 20, 2026
I couldn't absorb the fact that we were now liberated, even as our enemies, the vanquished German soldiers, streamed past us by the hundreds.
From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson
