conquering

[ US /ˈkɑŋkɝɪŋ/ ]
[ UK /kˈɒnkəɹɪŋ/ ]
NOUN
  1. the act of conquering
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How To Use conquering In A Sentence

  • For example, the conquering Hittite King Shuppiluliuma I 1344–1322 B.C. stopped in southeastern Anatolia to review his troops and chariots before continuing onward to his goal, the siege of the city of Carchemish. The Trojan War
  • Across the cleric's ascetic features a happy smile slowly and conqueringly spread. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 192-06-30
  • Evidently, for many influentials in world music, the art is a question of conquering and ruling the earth, no less.
  • We were unwilling to waste energy conquering the high peak.
  • Conquering new markets while preserving existing ones threatens brand loyalty.
  • Difficulties cannot be artificially overcome," said Mirabeau, "nor is there any invention whereby a man may be spared the trouble of conquering them; they must be grasped firmly, strangled, crushed, trampled down in manful fight. Zoe: The History of Two Lives
  • Yes, you may hit him fair, and make him bleed, too; but, for all that, he is a lion — a mighty, conquering, generous, rampageous Leo Belgicus — monarch of his wood. Roundabout Papers
  • Overseen by evangelist monks Charlemagne's conquering Franks meet fierce resistance from Saxon tribesmen.
  • It has been assumed by some people, especially those with an interest in discrediting George Marshall and the Truman administration, that this truce prevented Chiang from conquering Manchuria .
  • And the all-conquering Coolmore team hold her in high regard. The Sun
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