Example sentences for: vanquished

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

  • The silver-gilt key to the city, presented to Ferdinand by the vanquished Moors, may be seen in the treasury, along with a cross made from the first gold brought back by Cristobal Colón (Christopher Columbus) from the New World.

  • After all, even the most monstrous and advanced alien foe can be vanquished by the likes of Sigourney Weaver or Will Smith.

  • They would not expect the president to be devoid of dysfunction, but would expect him to have recognized and vanquished his own abusive behaviors.

  • Américo Paredes cites a stanza from a corrido (ballad) the Mexican soldiers sang after the Battle of Puebla (celebrated on Cinco de Mayo) that taunts the vanquished French soldiers with the following words:

  • "Polo with the heads of the vanquished."


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