reconquering
- present participle of reconquer.
Example Sentences
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Justinian’s ambitions also extended to reconquering the West.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023
These creatures are how the Targaryens conquered the Seven Kingdoms in the first place, so there’s certainly some precedent for reconquering it with them.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 8, 2019
The regime began reconquering opposition territory—and in January, 2018, it set its sights on Idlib province.
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 3, 2018
The tradition, which dates back to the 1300s, originates from a legend involving Christians reconquering the town under the cover of darkness and covered in moss to camouflage themselves.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 2, 2013
It was indeed not likely that he would entirely renounce the hope of reconquering Italy, but he saw the impossibility of doing so at present.
From A Struggle for Rome, v. 3 by Dahn, Felix
