Sentence examples for attempt to vanquish from inspiring English sources

Mr. Maliki's impulsive and ill-planned attempt to vanquish the militias in southern Iraq loyal to his Shiite rival, the cleric Moktada al-Sadr, was a failure that left Mr. Sadr more secure than before.

This boy would be my grandfather's father, my Mooshum, and since he lived to be over a hundred I was able to hear him tell and retell the story of the most momentous day of his life — which began with this attempt to vanquish the plague of doves.

But some number will also feel the need to desecrate the corpse, will pose for photos with it, will cut off an extremity, or eat a part of that body in an attempt to vanquish not just the flesh of the dead victim but his spirit, too — and, perhaps, destroy their own.

In Spain, for instance, the proportion of full-time workers having to accept pay freezes rose from 3% in 2008 to 22% in 2012.Weak Japanese wages are worrying Haruhiko Kuroda, who as governor of the Bank of Japan is in charge of his country's latest attempt to vanquish deflation.

As if on cue, Tal takes aim at a nearby tree with a crude slingshot, using chestnuts as ammunition, and then attempts to vanquish an imaginary foe with a bow and arrow made from branches.

How about that he recently attempted to vanquish rival wrestler John Cena by driving a car into the white rapper's head?

She is unsure how to vanquish or tame these movements, pointing out that each attempt to crush them has resulted in more virulent strains.

Mr. Enkhbayar's allies say his detention is a naked attempt by the government to vanquish a political foe and a dangerous regression to practices honed during the Soviet era, which ended two decades ago.

To vanquish old ghosts.

The only way to vanquish cowardice is to brandish courage.

All that was required was to vanquish the enemy.