Example Sentences

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“Management has subordinated its judgment to the vendors,” the documents allege.

From The New Yorker • Apr. 17, 2019

Like all good soldiers, Powell has subordinated his political views.

From Time Magazine Archive

In misconceived fidelity, the playwright has subordinated the dramatic to the novella form.

From Time Magazine Archive

A young man willing to do hideous things has subordinated his individual conscience in order to fuse with the uncompromising purposes of the group.

From Time Magazine Archive

The artist has subordinated his predilections and prejudices, his peculiar way of seeing and feeling, his whims, his fancies and his eccentricities, to a dominant sense of design.

From Since Cézanne by Bell, Clive