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Sentence Examples Alan was going to subdue him and tie Paul up with the rope he had taken off Kirby. Breathing deeply, I tried to subdue the gnawing feeling deep in my stomach. His forces killed thousands of Bengalis in a systematic attempt to subdue their struggle for liberation and independence. But the failure to subdue the insurgencies in both countries has produced differences over how to proceed. North Ossetia lies to the west of the seething Chechnya region where Russian forces have been trying to subdue separatists for a decade. But the legions were forced to return several times to subdue them and Caesar finally lost patience, so he cut off one hand of every soldier. The settler population and government forces used extreme levels of violence to subdue the native Mexicans. West Midlands police used a non-lethal Taser stun gun to subdue one of the bombing suspects captured last week. Jag Johal and police service dog Stryker helped subdue the suspects and both were arrested. Roles include trying to subdue psychotic children, breaking up fights in the school yard and general administrative duties. That defeat, time and again, cannot subdue some men is not merely amazing, it is moving. During the training, she learnt to deliver several punches and elbow blows so quickly they would subdue an aggressor before he knew what hit him. Some of them want to flaunt affluence in all sorts of ways while others subdue their inclination to spend or buy property. The pair managed to subdue a man who was holding his ex-partner at knifepoint in front of their seven-year-old son. Underdevelopment is the process by which capitalist forces expand to subdue and impoverish the Third World. That they did, but with such a heavy hand that the narcotic gas used to subdue the terrorists also accounted for over 100 hostages. Blair passed over his best chance to subdue his friend and rival by moving him to the Foreign Office in the wake of the last election landslide. Government forces sent to subdue the rebellion actually drove more Karens into joining the rebels. The height of strategy is not to subdue the enemy in battle, but to subdue him without fighting at all. She did subdue a maniac armed with a straight razor exactly as she does in the story, but he was not an escaped murder suspect. Show More Sentences So, in a one-on-one situation against the local tough guy, can a judo person subdue the bully? As the officers tried to subdue Gomez, a fourth man began to assault the cops, who by now numbered three women and one man. Carson was then an Indian agent helping the army subdue the Navajos and Apaches. They hide our real thoughts and intentions and subdue our natural belligerence. Please subdue your unliberated accomplice and bring him to the Correctional Facility for immediate Liberation at this time! The Council was alerted by local residents on Thursday morning and managed to subdue the flow of diesel into the river by installing a boom. I realise that he likes the tortured martyr parts in which he valiantly combats the treacherous world that seeks to subdue him. Similar technologies are being applied within the military to subdue belligerents. Here, beekeepers in a Herefordshire, England, orchard use smoke to subdue a hive, mostly likely a species of mason bee. Wilson tried to toss his coat over the dog to subdue it, but the dog savaged his hand and wrist until J.M. shot it. According to MPD spokesman Ron Reier, officers Maced and handcuffed Doby in an attempt to subdue him. Fortunately for me, I know some tae kwon do and was able to subdue him, although I did get a cut on my hand. The Shans occupied Phrae and attacked Lampang and it took Thai troops some six weeks to finally subdue the rebels. Operating on 6 volts, this light provides 60 lumens of brightness to identify and target, and can subdue suspects without having to fire a shot. In trying to subdue Afghanistan, the Soviets may well be playing a game of Russian roulette. His desire to realize Henry VIII's plan to subdue French influence in Scotland and achieve the union of the Crowns became an obsession. Occupying powers always resort to such methods to subdue resistance to their rule. The spray is used to subdue violent offenders and, while painful, does not leave any permanent damage. Yet it is these very anarchic groups that the Second Amendment was incorporated to subdue. The troops were finally able to subdue the rebel forces after many days of fighting. Show More Sentences It took a blow to the head from Clark and the assistance of three deputies to subdue her. The younger brother would try everything in his power from a distance to subdue the roaring flames of passion. You can even attempt to subdue a suspect by flashing your badge or firing a couple of rounds into the air in hopes of scaring the sucker into compliance. A brief struggle ensues as several officers attempt to subdue a squirming Grant, his hands behind his back. But rugby players are a brave lot and that's what the Bulldogs pack will have to be if they are to subdue a strong scrumming, rugged visiting pack. At least one Metropolitan Police officer was injured during the struggle to subdue the man. The tomcat appears to use violence to subdue the female cat. The democratic processes have been arbitrarily thrown out the window by their government, who was quick to join an alliance to militarily subdue the aggressors. She shewed us plainly, that, though she permitted us to assign her laws and subdue her apparent powers, yet, if she put forth but a finger, we must quake. Across Asia, in our enthusiasm to subdue farm posts, we have unwittingly let loose a chemical war on all living things, including eagles and minivets. The district known as the Laveroch remained unconquered during the time of Henry II, Richard still did not subdue it, as he lost more men in its vastness than he did fighting. Solitary species such as cicada killers, carpenter bees, digger wasps and mud daubers use their stingers to subdue the insects and spiders upon which they prey. You can hear him subdue an audience that he himself has aroused. They were a thorn in the side of the occupying Roman forces, who had to subdue these hostile natives if they were to establish, safely, the new capital of Londinium. The main aim of the wars of new generation is to subdue other countries. How can we possibly afford to subdue country after country in war? This brutality, though, rather than helping to subdue the Scots, had the opposite effect, and rallied growing support for Bruce. While Novgorod was unsuccessfully trying to subdue Karelians, Sweden was successfully doing the same with the neighbouring Finnish tribes. His successors are not named in any surviving source, but it seems they were unable or unwilling to further subdue the far north. Multiple blanchings soften the flesh of the chiles and subdue their heat a bit. Show More Sentences To subdue and kill seals, orcas continuously ram them with their heads, slap them with their tails and fling them in the air. After the Norman Conquest, William the Conqueror set out to subdue the Welsh, a process that took a century and was never permanently effective. He broke off and bit his lip, feeling that he had better subdue the rising anger in his voice. In the aftermath of the 'Fifteen', the Disarming Act and the Clan Act made some attempts to subdue the Scottish Highlands. In turn, the English hated him, but the king retaliated ruthlessly with his military force to subdue the rebellions and discontentment. Regional development has contributed to attempts to subdue current problems and avoid projected problems. In Scotland, James attempted to subdue the Gaelic clans and suppress their culture through laws such as the Statutes of Iona. Faced with the prospect of an Irish alliance with Charles II, Cromwell carried out a series of massacres to subdue the Irish. The plethora of civilizations in the Andean region provided for a general disunity that the Incas had to subdue in order to maintain control. Villafuerte was unable to subdue the local native peoples, and this eventually resulted in the Yopa Rebellion in the region of Cuautepec. According to some early historians, Ulloa was influential in helping subdue the Aztec capital Tenochtitlan by naval power. He accompanied Francisco de Orozco to subdue the indigenous Mixtec people at what would eventually become the city of Oaxaca, in Mexico. The whales are of similar size to the walrus and nearly as difficult for the bear to subdue. It went on to subdue the much weakened Korea as its tributary, conquered Mongolia, and expanded its territory to the outskirt of the Great Wall. Lord Arlington planned to subdue the Dutch completely by permanent occupation of key Dutch cities. It proceeded through a number of valleys in this country, and had orders to subdue any tribes that resisted its advance. Upon Philip's return, he dispatched Alexander with a small force to subdue revolts in southern Thrace. The Giudicato of Arborea, the only remaining independent Sardinian state, proved far more difficult to subdue. God has given this earth to those who will subdue and cultivate it, and it is vain to struggle against His righteous decree. In 500 Clovis fought a battle with the Burgundian kingdom at Dijon but was unable to subdue them. Show More Sentences By 550 Justinian was able to put together an enormous force, an assembly designed to recover his losses and subdue any Gothic resistance. Darius the Great, king of Persia, crossed the river in the late 6th century BC in order to invade European Scythia and to subdue the Scythians. Finally, in 1183 Henry the Young King and Geoffrey, Duke of Brittany, invaded Aquitaine in an attempt to subdue Richard. The Romans did not subdue a country to put the inhabitants to fire and sword, but to incorporate them into their own community. Beckwith suggests that the entire Hunnic thrust into Europe and the Roman Empire was an attempt to subdue independent Goths in the west. Alvarez found his extra strength helped him to subdue similarly stout nose guards and defensive tackles. In 743, Pepin the Short and Carloman waged a campaign to reduce Alamannia and in 746 Carloman began a final thrust to subdue the Alamannic nobility. Once they subdue them, police personnel handcuff and may need to restrain them further by hog-tying their legs together or by strapping them to a stretcher or board. That same year Dagobert sent an army to subdue the Basques, which it did. In addition, under the Disarming Act of 1725, the Crown attempted to subdue and disarm the Scottish Highlanders in order to prevent another uprising. He intended to subdue the Orinoco and the Warao, the two major Amerindian peoples of the island, and rule over them in the name of the Spanish king. The English managed to subdue the country by other means, however. To deal with the threat that the two kingdoms posed to the English Commonwealth, the Rump Parliament sent a parliamentary army under Cromwell to invade and subdue Ireland. Earl Edwin was betrayed by his own men and killed, while William built a causeway to subdue the Isle of Ely, where Hereward the Wake and Morcar were hiding. Expeditions to subdue the highlands were met with a series of skirmishes. Edward failed to subdue Scotland completely before returning to England. He organised a fleet and was able to subdue the rebels, and in doing so brought the independent Jarls under his control, many of the rebels having fled to Iceland. Indeed, there is a greater density of Roman marching camps in Scotland than anywhere else in Europe as a result of at least four major attempts to subdue the area. Having already regained the loyalty of the revolting tribes, Yermak continued sailing up the Irtysh throughout the summer of 1584 to subdue tribes and demand tribute. The Antarcticans sense that life must be asserted here. It cannot draw back before these wastes, but must subdue them if only to demonstrate its viability. Show More Sentences He was sent by the Maharajah to establish a base for expeditionary forces to subdue the local kingdoms, but he rebelled and established his own independent Rajahnate instead. The Vikings, however, did not subdue the Welsh mountain kingdoms. One would make it a crime for officers to subdue suspects with chokeholds. Paris' Convention government between October and December 1793 with brutal measures managed to subdue most internal uprisings, at the cost of tens of thousands of lives. However, the key allegation by Sir Henry Vane that Strafford had threatened to use the Irish army to subdue England was not corroborated and on 10 April Pym's case collapsed. If Vortigern is accepted to have lived in the 5th century, then these people are the British whom the Saxons failed to subdue and who became the Welsh. Strongbow also invaded and plundered Offaly, but failed to subdue it. Examples from Classical Literature The marks of dubiousness and indecision which accompanied these words encouraged me in endeavouring to subdue his scruples. All further attempt to subdue the Caroline Islands was necessarily postponed. Oh, strong, strong are the ties of flesh, and hard it is to subdue the spirit! You shall subdue the society which has grievously wronged you, to your own high spirit. He was as utterly unable to prevent or subdue this fear, as he was to prevent his breathing. The great Alcides, every labour past, Had still this monster to subdue at last. She looked at him with a nervous repugnance to his appearance, which she tried to subdue. Trousers may be brought to order in a few minutes, but to subdue a cowlick is a matter of years. For one, the worst event of this day, though it may deject, shall not break or subdue me. He claimed the kingdom of Salonika, and hoped to subdue it with the help of the Armata. Our first work is to subdue the salvages, to cut down the forest, to build houses, and plant crops. But without artillery it is impossible to subdue the fortress of San Carlos. Reus has many branches of industry and might be a happy community if it would subdue its revolutionary discontent. The Cameroons, larger than the Fatherland, took much longer to subdue, and the operations were of a more arduous nature. I judge by your looks, brave sir, that imprisonment will subdue your blood much sooner than it softens this hot wine. He tried to close his senses, to subdue and annihilate them. Who has not heard of the Langholm witches, and the branks to subdue them? Shall we subdue our strength, and champ a bit, and serve his pride? Shall we ever subdue her and make her always submissive and compliant? With all his cruel ferocity and coldness there was an undercurrent of something in Tars Tarkas which he seemed ever battling to subdue. Show More Sentences Every attempt to subdue or extirpate them, has proved abortive. In vain the Woman Perfect struggled to subdue her mirth to penitence. Daylight favored the efforts of the Duke of Treviso to subdue the flames. I dyd it but onely to subdue my flesshe, and to purge my reynes. In that mudded and warworn army there was a fire no hardship could subdue. You can keep down a feudal aristocracy by levelling a few heads, but you can't subdue a hydra with thousands. My noble master thee doth scorn, And all thy cowardly crew, Such silly imps unable are Bold Robin to subdue. No doubt he had invoked the help of the Holy Spirit to subdue the anger I had roused in him, and now believed he had forgiven me once more. And a deep languid charm I feel without alarm With its melody enwind me And all my heart subdue. The difficulties and dangers, which so often had defeated attempts of similar establishments, were unable to subdue souls tempered like yours. But first it would be necessary to subdue the loathly fiend. The mere passage of his army sufficed to subdue Doris and Locris. So to subdue their most declarative statements, whether of immovable love or of grief-laden cathexis, is to perform a futile or showily self-defeating suppression. The woman's rescuers couldn't, however, subdue the attacker because he threatened them with his stun gun and pepper sprayed anyone who got close to him. Poor Jo tried desperately to be good, but her bosom enemy was always ready to flame up and defeat her, and it took years of patient effort to subdue it. Subdue the flesh without despising it, in humility and thankfulness. Heyward was also nigh, supporting himself against a tree, and endeavoring to keep down those sudden risings of sorrow that it required his utmost manhood to subdue. The portionless, who struggle with no such unnecessary inherited encumbrances, find it labor enough to subdue and cultivate a few cubic feet of flesh. Find more words! 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