Sentence examples for were conquering from inspiring English sources
verb
To defeat in combat; to subjugate.
- In 1453, the Ottoman Empire conquered Istanbul.
They were conquering heroines of art.
Cleopatra came to power as Roman legions were conquering lands throughout the eastern Mediterranean.
In the east, however, Mongol armies were conquering most of the politically fragmented Russian lands.
Americans paid a lot of attention to Japan in the 1980's, when Japanese manufacturers were conquering the world.
"We went a bit over the top in the years before the financial collapse in 2008, when we thought we were conquering the world of finance.
By the end of the 14th century, Italians began to raise mercenary armies, and soon condottieri were conquering principalities for themselves.
The Muẓaffarids were conquered by Timur (Tamerlane) in the late 1300s.
However, they were conquered by the Spanish after the Mexicas were.
Pre-Columbian cultures developed in South America until they were conquered or significantly influenced by Europeans.
Many terrains were conquered, including grasslands, deserts and mountains, and humans began living under various climates (tropical, temperate and polar).
They are conquering every age".
