VANQUISH in a Sentence
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53 example sentences for VANQUISH, such as:
1. Defeat had rendered the vanquished greater.
2. That sinister victory was vanquished by liberty.
3. It is no honour for an eagle to vanquish a dove.
4. The victory was completed by the assassination of the vanquished.
5. The valour of Horatius in vanquishing the Curiatii deserved the highest reward.
2. That sinister victory was vanquished by liberty.
3. It is no honour for an eagle to vanquish a dove.
4. The victory was completed by the assassination of the vanquished.
5. The valour of Horatius in vanquishing the Curiatii deserved the highest reward.
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Meanings and Examples of VANQUISH
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vanquish
v. come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
Classic Sentence: (49 in 4 pages)
1 The children left for school, and the old lady to call on Mrs. Harper and vanquish her realism with Tom's marvellous dream.
2 I guessed, however, by his irregular and intercepted breathing, that he struggled to vanquish an excess of violent emotion.
3 Commanded by the Emperor himself they could not fail to vanquish anyone, be it whom it might: so thought Rostov and most of the officers after the review.
4 Up and arise, goddess-born, and even with the setting stars address thy prayers to Juno as is meet, and vanquish her wrath and menaces with humble vows.
5 We have vanquished the hydra, and it is called the locomotive; we are on the point of vanquishing the griffin, we already grasp it, and it is called the balloon.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER V—THE HORIZON WHICH ONE BEHOLDS FROM THE SUMMIT O...
Context Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER V—THE HORIZON WHICH ONE BEHOLDS FROM THE SUMMIT O...
6 The valour of Horatius in vanquishing the Curiatii deserved the highest reward.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XXIV.
Context Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XXIV.
7 Wellington, three-quarters vanquished, admired heroically.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER X—THE PLATEAU OF MONT-SAINT-JEAN
Context Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER X—THE PLATEAU OF MONT-SAINT-JEAN
8 The victory was completed by the assassination of the vanquished.
9 There, abandoned, vanquished, terrible, those gloomy squares endured their death-throes in formidable fashion.
10 Wellington was the Bareme of war; Napoleon was its Michael Angelo; and on this occasion, genius was vanquished by calculation.
11 That sinister victory was vanquished by liberty.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XVII—IS WATERLOO TO BE CONSIDERED GOOD?
Context Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XVII—IS WATERLOO TO BE CONSIDERED GOOD?
12 Defeat had rendered the vanquished greater.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XVIII—A RECRUDESCENCE OF DIVINE RIGHT
Context Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XVIII—A RECRUDESCENCE OF DIVINE RIGHT
13 The English occupied the encampment of the French; it is the usual sign of victory to sleep in the bed of the vanquished.
14 When two o'clock in the morning struck, she declared herself vanquished, and said to her husband, "I'm going to bed."
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 3: CHAPTER VIII—THE UNPLEASANTNESS OF RECEIVING INTO ONE'S H...
Context Highlight In BOOK 3: CHAPTER VIII—THE UNPLEASANTNESS OF RECEIVING INTO ONE'S H...
15 This strange revolution had hardly produced a shock; it had not even paid to vanquished royalty the honor of treating it as an enemy, and of shedding its blood.
Example Sentence:
1 The time it takes to vanquish is greatly increased by lots of unnecessary backtracking.
2 It is no honour for an eagle to vanquish a dove.
3 Then he said: "Something told me 't if I didn't come back and get--" He shuddered; then waved his nerveless hand with a vanquished gesture.
4 Strength alone knows conflict, weakness is below even defeat, and is born vanquished.