Example sentences for: conquer

How can you use “conquer” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Turkish corsairs, notably the infamous Barbarossa, helped to conquer Algiers and Tunis.

  • And in Goldsmith's She Stoops to Conquer , Miss Hardcastle says—Dear me!

  • Serbs, believing that Kosovo still rightfully belonged to them, did briefly conquer it in 1877 when, along with Russia, the new Serbian state made war on Turkey.

  • What is most striking about The Life of Nelson A. Rockefeller: Worlds to Conquer 1908-1958 (the first of a projected two volumes), though, is that this duality--the push to achieve wed to a penchant for flamboyant failure; the ability to win a passionate following yet alienate the people who could keep him in power--was evident well before he thought about running for public office.

  • It tells us that Abraham made a covenant with God which called for his descendants to conquer many lands.


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