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Example sentences for: subdue

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[B]ecause the equality of right and ability breeds "equality of hope in the attaining of our Ends," and because each man's ends are naturally to be preferred to his rival's, the two will inevitably "become enemies," and in the absence of a neutral arbiter "they will endeavor to destroy or subdue one another."
It took the Romans almost 300 years to subdue the Iberian tribes.
Henry VIII and Elizabeth I were determined to subdue Ireland, and sent in massive military expeditions.
One group of tribals would subdue the guards, enter Tarnak Farms stealthily, grab Bin Ladin, take him to a desert site outside Kandahar, and turn him over to a second group.
A French army marched in to subdue the country.