Sentence examples for try to vanquish from inspiring English sources

Now, it falls on Murray to try to vanquish a player many fans consider to be the finest the sport has produced from the Grand Slam stage, which Federer has owned now for six years.

But everyone who knows some fairy tales knows that no one ever wins when they try to vanquish death.

Blackberry nation is expanding its territory as the Blombies aggressively try to vanquish good manners, etiquette and safe commuting.

We can choose to be victims of our shame or try to vanquish it through a courageous battle that includes psychotherapy, support from friends, family, and other nurturing and affirming influences.

There's a lot of stuff in the ether lately about trying to vanquish animals.

When he goes up against the executives, is he the voice of artistic originality trying to vanquish commercial hacks?

I spent several hours trying to vanquish obstacles and reassure the Secret Service, whose agents telephoned with rising concern.

Last year, Radcliffe edged Wami in New York after a thrilling duel, and once again is trying to vanquish the demons of an Olympic failure.

Trying to vanquish the game's demons, frustrated golfers have reached into their bags for every new-fangled club — like gargantuan metal drivers, perimeter-weighted irons or elongated putters.

Paul Kingsnorth continued his Buckmaster trilogy in Beast (Faber), jumping 1,000 years from the Norman England of The Wake to a man alone on a moor, trying to vanquish his own insecurities.

Many years ago, when I wrote a book about it, more than a few mental health professionals told me that men trying to vanquish a sexual attraction to kids might well drift toward the priesthood in the hope that extra prayer and an intention of chastity would make everything right.