vanquished
Example Sentences
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The diet culture of the ’90s was never totally vanquished, and Ozempic has complicated narratives about body size, health, and self-love, to put it mildly.
From Slate • Mar. 31, 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
They appear thin, weak and vanquished, like the "caliphate" they proclaimed in 2014.
From BBC • Oct. 26, 2025
To the teams that have been vanquished by the Brewers this season, however, none of this is particularly funny.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 14, 2025
In the dim light he could see Leslie’s face freeze into its most queenly pose—the kind of expression she usually reserved for vanquished enemies.
From "Bridge to Terabithia" by Katherine Paterson
