Sentence examples for failed to subdue from inspiring English sources

He also failed to subdue the rebellious Portuguese or stem English colonial encroachments.

They tried and failed to subdue him with a Taser, they said.

Nor had it been surprising, in his view, that American bombers failed to subdue the North Vietnamese.

In 1625 the Dutchman Bowdoin Hendrik captured and burned the town but failed to subdue El Morro, where the governor had taken refuge.

They drew national attention in 1991 when Los Angeles police were videotaped beating Rodney King and shocking him with a Taser that failed to subdue him.

Nor can the Kremlin be happy that the military failed to subdue the Chechen rebels before the presidential election, as Russia's generals had publicly vowed.

The US and its allies would fail to subdue Afghanistan, critics predicted.

Soma defeats Julius, and extracts a promise from him to slay him should he fail to subdue Dracula's spirit.

The Super Best Friends are called to South Park to help; after their powers fail to subdue Mecha-Streisand, they pacify her by having Krishna adopt the form of Neil Diamond and providing her the opportunity to perform a duet with him.

Boohoo stunned investors in January when it said a marketing push failed to overcome warm weather that subdued sales of autumn clothes in the last two months of 2014.

Twice, fighting broke out as old rivalries failed to be subdued by the new enemy – Islam.