Sentence examples for hostile tribes from inspiring English sources

Or the flintlock musket that he used to subdue wild animals, mutinous porters and hostile tribes.

After Antoninus' death, however, the empire suffered invasion by hostile tribes, followed by severe civil strife.

He learned the language of the local Indians and led several expeditions against hostile tribes.

Within artificial borders drawn generations earlier in Europe, traditionally hostile tribes don't accommodate without disinterested outside help.

Isis doesn't only target hostile tribes but anybody who has worked for the Iraqi government as soldiers or policemen.

The sense of vast forests full of hostile tribes surrounding a few undamaged coastal settlements is palpable.

The administration says the benefits of these rules far outweigh the costs, but that case often rests on doubtful assumptions.If the sheer volume of new rules has alienated business, Mr Obama's rhetoric has also given the impression that he comes from a hostile tribe.

"The meeting had begun when the Maharani made her entry, giving everyone a whiff of expensive French perfume," a reporter for The New York Times Magazine wrote of her in 1966, as she attended a government briefing on a serious matter, an uprising by a hostile tribe fighting for independence from India.

Stanley knew he could not hope to complete it if he continued to lose men at this rate, but within days another 24 would die in battle with a hostile tribe".

The serene joys of trail running come from the safety we feel of passing through its timbers or open sky unharmed, a protection from hostile animals or unfriendly tribes.

Hostile local tribes kept it secret, but Burckhardt travelled among them in disguise.