Sentence examples for in subduing from inspiring English sources

None of these succeeded in subduing the determined Indians, however.

Only in 1015, however, did he finally succeed in subduing the rich duchy.

Konev participated in subduing the Kronshtadt Rebellion (1921) against Bolshevik rule.

For some players, that means to introduce a certain amount of caution in subduing them.

But McPherson says they played a disproportionate role in subduing the South, whose naval resources woefully lagged.

In 852 or 853 he called upon Aethelwulf of Wessex to aid him in subduing the North Welsh.

When their great trade rivals, the Carthaginians, fought the Romans in the Punic Wars, Marseille supported Rome and received help in subduing the native tribes of Liguria.

After taking the border fortresses, Dušan penetrated deep into Byzantine territory to the gates of Salonica, although he did not achieve lasting success in subduing the cities.

And it succeeded, exceptionally among Greek states, in subduing a comparably sized neighbour by force and holding it down for centuries.

There, he received an "excellent police duty" medal for his role in subduing a knife-wielding suspect who had cut another officer.

In "Subduing the Desert," Schuyler Ulysses Bunnell's haunting 1913 panorama, men till a vast stretch of sandy soil with horse-drawn plows.