Sentence examples for empire won from inspiring English sources

In Nubia Amenemhet retained the empire won by his predecessors.

Another period piece about adulterous lovers, "Empire" won Mr. Oshima the directing prize at the Cannes Film Festival.

Isaac, by his prudent conduct in protecting the peoples of the empire, won the confidence of the army during the reigns of Basil's successors.

Not only the king but also the German bishops and lay lords thus entered into a permanent connection with an empire won on the way to Rome and bestowed by the papacy.

After World War I, Britain and France, by defeating the Ottoman Empire, won control of the Arab lands, and with it, a tantalizing bauble: the likelihood that vast deposits of oil might be found there.

Bauer Media's Empire won in two categories: its Mark Dinning was editor of the year in the entertainment and celebrity magazine category, while James Dyer of Empire Online was consumer magazine website editor of the year.

The Yankees did indeed rebuild their empire, winning seven more World Series through 2009.

(Building a real-estate empire, winning a Senate seat, and serving as a corporate C.E.O. are impressive accomplishments, but they are literally not brain surgery).

We were trying to find a physical location we could go to that would speak to the themes of losing your faith and the choice between letting the Empire win, or evil win, and good prevailing.

Elven spell-casters aid Eragon and Saphira and cause Murtagh and Thorn to flee back to the Empire, winning the battle.

The Emperor declares that peace and order will be restored throughout the galaxy cut to Darth Vader and Admiral Thrawn attacking some smaller pockets of Rebel resistance and, for the first time in Star Wars history (discounting Alderaan, I suppose), you see the Empire win.