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Example sentences for: conquering

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

King Prithvi Narayan Shah had difficulty conquering Kirtipur, whose site atop a ridge with two high points made it virtually impregnable.
To prove his point, he cites figures suggesting that as many as 2 million German women had been raped by the conquering Red Army between 1945 and 1946.
Vishnu, a four-armed god with mace, conch, discus, and lotus, has many incarnations, of which the most famous is Krishna, who appears as conquering hero, flute-playing lover, or mischievous baby.
In a.d. 711, the Moors brought powerful armies from North Africa and launched a devastating attack on the Iberian peninsula, conquering much of what would become Spain and Portugal.
Spooner's original Kinkering Kongs for Conquering Kings falls into this category along with the comment attributed to him that the story of the flood was “barrowed from Bobylon.”