Example Sentences

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Ball also strays in suggesting that rescuing Lehman would have subdued the financial crisis.

From Washington Post • Aug. 26, 2018

When a character announces near the end, "you have subdued death and despair," we feel this is exactly so.

From Los Angeles Times • May 2, 2018

Karen Carney might have subdued things a little at the outset of the second half but her shot whizzed fractionally over the bar.

From The Guardian • Jun. 27, 2015

The rapid rollout reflects a spirited commitment to the program by the U.S. military, which claims that local police throughout the country have subdued insurgents and helped tip formerly ambivalent communities toward the government.

From New York Times • Oct. 19, 2011

Whether I have subdued it, I know not.

From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque