Sentence examples for by subduing from inspiring English sources

Croesus completed the work of his predecessors by subduing the Greek cities of Anatolia.

By subduing frizz and taming unruliness, products advertised on NaturallyCurly mediate between the site's utopian pro-curliness and the demands of the real world.

Vytautas began his rule by subduing and banishing rebellious and ineffective nobles and trying to conquer the Mongols in the east.

The photo is accompanied by the immortal words of Ben Franklin: "Whoever would overthrow the liberty of a nation must begin by subduing the freeness of speech".

Taken together, our data suggest that Rv2456c is important for the survival of H37Rv by subduing the innate and ultimately adaptive immune responses of its host by preventing apoptosis of the infected cell.

In the early years of Sultan Agung's reign, he consolidated the sultanate by subduing the autonomous trade-based coastal states of Padang and Tuban in 1619; Banjermasin, Kalimantan, and Sukadana in 1622; Madura in 1624; and Surabaya in 1625.

The flute's skittish riffs and winding lyrical lines sometimes ignite agitated orchestral responses; at other times they are cushioned by subdued, sustained harmonies.

Mencius made it explicit that a true person cannot be corrupted by wealth, subdued by power, or affected by poverty.

Four gunmen pass by him before subduing the table full of revelers.

It might be people emboldened by liquor or subdued by depression, or pet lovers dashing after their seagull-chasing dogs.

But that was hardly big news for the New Yorkers who stayed home by the millions, subdued by the ghost of a blizzard.