half-conquered
- a word derived from conquer.
Example Sentences
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Of all the world's half-conquered but still-resisting nations, China has fought the longest.
From Time Magazine Archive
Yakoob Beg had no such certain source of revenue; he had to raise from an impoverished and only half-conquered state a sum almost as large as that required by the Chinese.
From The Life of Yakoob Beg Athalik Ghazi, and Badaulet; Ameer of Kashgar by Boulger, Demetrius Charles
Some half-conquered country lay beyond, and the Germans in the forests were at this time under a brave leader called Arminius.
From Young Folks' History of Rome by Yonge, Charlotte Mary
‘I feel,’ were his words as the autumn advanced, ‘as if I was at the head of a provisional government in a half-conquered country.’
From Lord John Russell by Reid, Stuart J. (Stuart Johnson)
He conducted the opening of the determining battle of Paardeberg, and was typically systematic in covering the half-conquered country with a system of block-houses and enclosures like a diagram of geometry.
From Lord Kitchener by Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith)
