conquer
verb (used with object)
to acquire by force of arms; win in war.
had conquered
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past perfectof conquer.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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The man who had conquered soccer was showing the crowd that he might just be a chess master too.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026
Among the lifeless statues of men who had conquered the past, sat a living figure of a pregnant, disabled woman looking to the future - a future where differences were celebrated.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2024
Could he, the mighty Mexican American playwright from El Paso who had conquered stages across the country, adapt the behemoth tome that is Miguel de Cervantes’ “Don Quixote” for the stage?
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 31, 2024
And by 2014, coffee stalwarts Starbucks, Chameleon and La Colombe had conquered the market.
From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2023
By the summer of 1940, the Nazis had conquered most of Europe, and they were unleashing their bombers on Britain.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
