Sentence examples for conquering power from inspiring English sources
She then gets everything she always wanted: we see the fairy partying, dating millionaires, being interviewed, making loads of money, being the face of every major brand across the world, conquering power and doing everything else fame can bring.
In a written notice to Young, the department sounded like a conquering power dictating terms to the vanquished.
Without it, law becomes an alien imposition, not ours but theirs, like the laws imposed by a conquering power.
Rather, it would appear that the state created by Ranjit Singh never really made the transition from being a conquering power to being a stable system of alliances between conflicting social groups and regional interests.
Anyway, being part of a public protest would have embarrassed a guy who put his trust in the conquering power of a smile and a shoeshine and who wanted, above all, to be well liked.
The prosecution, in not being a conquering power, has a practical disadvantage: the war is still being fought, and its major culprits--the Serbian political and military leaders--are free to spurn the Tribunal's authority.
Like other conquering powers, the Russians insisted on their colonial right to civilize the "savage" and make the wilderness their own.
"It's because priests are an obstacle in the way of conquering local power".
Although it is not always clear whether Shiva is invoked as a great god of frightful aspect, capable of conquering demonic power, or as the boon-giving lord and protector, Hindus continue to invoke him in magical rites.
While Jordan gave centre stage to the 'big men' (Collins, de Valera), Loach and screenwriter Paul Laverty effectively turn their attention toward the support ing players, in particular two republican brothers who experience first hand the divide-and-conquer power of imperialist rule.
The Persian empire, originating in present-day Iran, acquired its vast armadas by conquering maritime powers, including Asiatic Greeks, Phoenicians, Egyptians and islanders.
