Conquer

//ˈkɒŋkə//

"Conquer" in a Sentence (22 examples)

You must conquer your fear of the dark.

The day will soon come when we will conquer space and travel to the moon.

Lack of money is a serious hindrance in their fight to conquer cancer.

You should try to conquer your smoking habit.

My wish is to conquer this mountain.

Tanks and planes may defeat the troops but they cannot conquer the people.

When there was despair in the dust bowl and depression across the land, she saw a nation conquer fear itself with a New Deal, new jobs, a new sense of common purpose. Yes, we can.

Patience and hard work will conquer all.

The Romans would never have had the chance to conquer the world if they had first been required to study Latin.

In order to conquer the centre, we'll have to alienate the left wing of the party.

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I lay in the desert beyond all cities and sounds, and above me flowed the River of Silence through the sky; and on the desert’s edge night fought against the Sun, and suddenly conquered.

In 1453, the Ottoman Empire conquered Constantinople.

I haue beene wooed, as I intreat thee now, / Euen by the ſterne, and direfull God of warre, / VVhoſe ſinowie necke in battel nere did bow, / VVho conquers where he comes in euery iarre; […]

We conquer'd France, but felt our captive's charms.

"Look at Clive - just a clerk, and he conquered India!"

Taiwan's interests and Hong Kong's political and economic future are best served by close ties between their friends in the West and Beijing. For example, the fact that the PRC must choose between using force to conquer Taiwan and forfeiting its relationship with the United States is the best guarantee of Taipei's security.

Today I conquered my fear of flying by finally boarding a plane.

to conquer difficulties or temptations

By winning words to conquer willing hearts, / And make persuasion do the work of fear.

The humor of my proposition appealed more strongly to Miss Trevor than I had looked for, and from that time forward she became her old self again; for, even after she had conquered her love for the Celebrity, the mortification of having been jilted by him remained.

There are few sights that leave a railway lover more wistful than a desolate railway viaduct no longer carrying tracks. As with tunnels, so much effort was made to conquer the landscape, yet so many now stand forlorn.

to conquer freedom; to conquer a peace

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