Sentence examples for its vanquished from inspiring English sources

It also sets the stage for perhaps the biggest challenge facing a much wealthier and more powerful China today, since it cannot go on fighting its vanquished ghosts forever.

After burning his way across the state, Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman was so enchanted by Savannah that he spared the city and spent the next month enjoying the charms of its vanquished citizenry.

Few dispute Hezbollah's prowess in that standoff; it vanquished its foes in just a few days of fighting in May 2008, when it seized part of the capital.

Suncorp, a once proud citadel in Australian rugby, lies in ruins, its warriors vanquished.

Right now, the association is focused on maintaining its reputation for mobilizing its adherents to help its friends and vanquish its foes.

So did a Taiwan legislator with the Kuomintang Party, which made Nanjing its headquarters until it was vanquished by the Communists in 1949.

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And that will happen because Kentucky overcame a 13-point second-half deficit, endured three grueling overtimes and vanquished its history so that its star-crossed fans could finally have a celebratory shot of bourbon in the parking lot instead of drowning their sorrows.

And in its core business, where it has vanquished Informix ifmx and Sybase sybs in recent years, Oracle still must contend with IBM ibm and Microsoft.

EBay has effectively vanquished its major competitors in the auction game, and it is also a strong player in straight online sales.

A computer program named Chinook vanquished its human competitors at tournaments more than a decade ago.