subdue
Example Sentences
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Their bite, which injects toxins, is executed for two reasons: to subdue their prey and to defend themselves, according to the California Poison Control System.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2026
They are just data brokers doing business, they say, and it’s not their fault if what they gather and sell is used to subdue and surveil people.
From Salon • Feb. 20, 2026
Fern, whose pen name wouldn’t be widely familiar until 1851, was a bright and spirited girl whose time at a religious school failed to subdue her.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 27, 2026
If they can subdue a dangerous, if tired, Argentina side next weekend, that would be 11 successive wins for England and only one defeat in 2025.
From BBC • Nov. 15, 2025
I had a vague memory of the boar plowing down several Greek cities before Hercules managed to subdue it.
From "The Titan's Curse" by Rick Riordan
Vocabulary lists containing subdue
Sojourner Truth's "Ain't I A Woman?" (1863)
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"Common Sense," Vocabulary from the pamphlet
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