Example Sentences

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The companies they joined were conquering the world and defying economic rules.

From New York Times • Jan. 20, 2023

Rabban Hormizd Monastery, named after its founder, was built when Muslim armies were conquering the Middle East, and fortified over time.

From Reuters • Mar. 3, 2021

Those tenacious, hardworking players, who celebrate every victory as if they were conquering territory, deservedly qualified for the World Cup finals, after impressing at the last European Championship.

From The Guardian • Jun. 15, 2018

While the Germans wearily struggled with the mud in retreat, the Russians went at their backbreaking, grimy effort with the enthusiasm of men who knew that they were conquering.

From Time Magazine Archive

In very truth, the humanities were conquering him in spite of inherited prejudice.

From Aladdin of London or, Lodestar by Pemberton, Max, Sir