- present tense form of subdue (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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We don’t yet know how MiniFlayer subdues its helper, or whether MindFlayer has evolved countermeasures.
From Salon • Nov. 9, 2023
Nathan, a rich Jewish trader, is wooed by Salah ad-Din to shore up the city’s treasury after the sultan subdues the Christian crusaders, sparing one, played with amusing energy by Drew Kopas.
From Washington Post • Mar. 24, 2022
One half of this cycle subdues tides, making the high tides lower and the low tides higher.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 14, 2021
A masterpiece of bromantic woes, the movie subdues toxic masculinity and makes a case for men’s often dismissed necessity for platonic companionship.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 11, 2020
Alarm agitates the feelings; terror disorders the understanding and affects the will; fright seizes on and confuses the sense; consternation takes possession of the soul, and subdues its faculties.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah
