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Just as when she got cancer and went along with Bill's return to the Principle, she was subordinating herself to him so as not to be alone.

From Time • Mar. 21, 2011

Did the old woman consider prostration before the sister of the future husband too much devotion, or did she fear that thereby her darling was subordinating herself, once for all, to the sister's strict r�gime?

From A Sister's Love A Novel by Heimburg, W.

In the library she dropped desperately into a chair, and her glance ran nervously up and down the bookshelves, while her ears listened stealthily for echoes of the voice that was subordinating the house.

From Too Old for Dolls A Novel by Ludovici, Anthony M. (Anthony Mario)

Just as though she had been a conventional bourgeoise Christine now accused Marthe of ingratitude because the woman was subordinating Christine's convenience to the supreme exigencies of fate.

From The Pretty Lady by Bennett, Arnold