Example sentences for: subjugate

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

  • Although this might help explain the Judeo-Christian-Muslim tendencies to subjugate women, treating them essentially as chattel, it does not account for a similar treatment accorded them in other cultures, notably that of Japan.

  • He then sent thousands of troops across the Pyrenees to subjugate the Spanish, who promptly revolted.

  • Amass weapons, subjugate the populace into obeisance with weapons, and when somebody comes along and blows up his weapons, well, one just has to keep one's chin up, look on the bright side, and start over again from the top.

  • Though elected democratically and supported by American liberals such as Jesse Jackson, Taylor uses embezzlement, torture, and murder to subjugate his people and boost his own wealth.


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