Example Sentences

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They prayed: “With our God we shall be valiant, he will vanquish all our foes.”

From New York Times • Aug. 9, 2020

He tempers his optimism, suggesting that the more we learn about cancer’s hideously complex, shape-shifting etiology, the less likely it seems that we will vanquish it once and for all.

From Scientific American • Aug. 4, 2019

Sooner or later, we will vanquish this pernicious malady.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 2, 2015

The last we see her, she’s cradled in the arms of Ser Robert Strong, the Frankenguard whom Qyburn promises will vanquish all her enemies.

From Time • Jun. 15, 2015

"Now I will vanquish the King of India," he said.

From Fables for Children, Stories for Children, Natural Science Stories, Popular Education, Decembrists, Moral Tales by Tolstoy, Leo, graf