Sentence examples for small conquest from inspiring English sources

But simply capturing the inanity of an inane process turns out to be a small conquest.

The current small conquest of Oahu by Hawaii may not be anyone's idea of a major victory, but it does signify other subtle changes afoot, as increasing numbers of tourists are drawn to the huge, drowsy, laid-back Big Island and away from Waikiki, with its atmosphere of an oceanside luxury-brands ghetto, a sort of Rodeo Drive sur mer.

"I knew that I'd make it," he said of a life filled with betrayals and small conquests.

They allowed themselves to be intimidated by Fascist rhetoric; justifiably horrified by the First World War, they wanted to give pacifism a chance, and so refrained from the flag-waving displays of aggression that might have revealed their true strength, while hoping, despite his proclamations to the contrary, that Hitler might be satisfied with smaller, regional conquests.

The fact that these were representatives of the navy and that they would mow down two men who, with their indigenous features, originated from the mountains and interior of Latin America, projected the upcoming showdown in my mind as one more metaphor, one more small milestone in the conquest of the natives by the technologically more powerful men who had come from the ocean.

Give him small reminders that his conquest is worthwhile and that he's not just wasting his time barking up the wrong tree.

The situation would be more tolerable if these conquerors took the smallest interest in their conquest, but they do not.

In rotating chapters, the book tells of three young strivers who are frustrated in ambitions great and small: they bungle sexual conquests, struggle to finish writing books and dissertations, and are buffeted by larger historical forces.

This is, in part, because the ban on conquest has allowed small states to maintain their sovereignty.

John Berger, From A to X (Verso) The veteran writer and critic's "story in letters" between two lovers in a time of war and conquest sets the small pleasures and enduring affections of a woman in a poor, besieged town against the might and money of the First World forces that threaten her community.

So in the spirit of conquests great and small — in my case, certainly on the small scale — the remainder of my day is spent in a veritable whirlwind of to and fro, up and down, overages and outages.