Sentence examples for attempt to conquer from inspiring English sources

Harald was killed during a vain attempt to conquer England in 1066.

The new cultural centre, Väven, is, I suppose, an attempt to conquer that sense of inferiority.

His successor, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, nearly destroyed Korea in his monomaniacal attempt to conquer China.

I would attempt to conquer the six-minute mile in 2000.

President Obama should look back on the Soviet Union's failing decadelong attempt to conquer Afghanistan.

González Dávila made the first attempt to conquer the region in 1522 but was repulsed by Indians.

"Above All Things" relates the gripping story of Mallory's third and final attempt to conquer Mount Everest.

In the winter of 1246 47 Henry mounted an attempt to conquer Swabia, the key to Hohenstaufen power in Germany.

But what happened is only a cover for a crusader attempt to conquer the Arab and Islamic world".

It has expanded into Asia and Europe, but shut an ill-fated attempt to conquer the US.

Zorn will attempt to conquer the time slot on Sundays at 8.30pm between The Simpsons and Family Guy.