Sentence examples for not be subdued from inspiring English sources

Even in the throes of such didacticism, however, Tolstoy's storytelling ability could not be subdued.

Occasionally, Turkish refugees formed marauding bands that could not be subdued by central authority and that exacted a heavy toll from their Christian victims.

The Confederacy's monolithic determination and its early military successes convinced many Brits that it would not and could not be subdued.

If Pakistan is treated as an enemy by the United States, as Mr. Lieven suggest, the Taliban will not be subdued.

As Farah declared that night at Mother Tongue Monologues, "in both our shared agony and our shared celebration, we will not be silent and we will not be subdued".

In 1966, Reginald Pound, the first biographer given access to Scott's original sledging journal, revealed personal failings which cast a new light on Scott, although Pound continued to endorse his heroism, writing of "a splendid sanity that would not be subdued".

– against South Africa further underlined the prevailing theme: the underdogs have muscled up and are not being subdued with the same ease they used to be.

The city's economy and image improved, but critics said that the lives of many citizens had not, that schools had declined, and that poverty, crime, unemployment and drugs had not been subdued.

But the Taliban in Marja have still not been subdued, so officials decided to concentrate first on bringing economic development to some districts around Kandahar city, then on gradually stepping up military operations.

"But some things can't be subdued".

Second-world states won't be subdued: in the age of network power, they won't settle for being mere export markets.