Example sentences for: conqueror

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

  • The legendary Macedonian conqueror died in Babylon in 323 B.C. at the age of 32.

  • … A "Most Important People of the Millennium" section exalts the greatest historical figures of each century, including: 13 th -century Mongol conqueror Genghis Khan, 15 th -century printing press innovator Johann Gutenberg, 16 th -century Queen Elizabeth I of England, and Thomas Edison.

  • When Adolf Hitler arrived in Paris as a conqueror in 1940, the Arc de Triomphe was the first place he wanted to see.

  • The Christian provinces gradually captured and annexed former bastions of Moorish rule: Ferdinand III conquered Murcia for Castile in 1242; Denia and Játiva fell to James the Conqueror of Aragon in 1244, though it was not until 1265 that he secured Cartagena.

  • It is known that Hernán Cortés, the conqueror of Mexico, had a milagro made in the shape of a gold scorpion, which he offered to the patroness of his home, Our Lady of Guadalupe, in Guadalupe, Spain.


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