How to Use conqueror in a Sentence

conqueror

noun
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  • His company is not just a builder of cars but also a purveyor of thrills, a breaker of records, a conqueror of the public imagination.
    — Justin Chang, Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec. 2023
  • The year 2020 brought a new and deadly conqueror, the coronavirus.
    — Washington Post, 23 Nov. 2021
  • The little that is known about the Parisii comes from the writings of ancient Roman conquerors.
    — Christopher Parker, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Apr. 2023
  • Having come through the wars, both emerged rich and unscathed, as conquerors of the comedy world.
    — Brian Lowry, CNN, 26 May 2023
  • At that time, the Mongolian conqueror Genghis Khan was leading his army on a warpath across Asia.
    — Robert Hackett, Fortune, 22 Dec. 2020
  • My heart says that Wilder could avenge his defeat by knocking out his conqueror.
    — Josh Katzowitz, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2021
  • The hulking giant is General Radahn, conqueror of the stars.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2021
  • The centuries brought other conquerors, including the Visigoths, the Spanish, the Moors and the French, and a wide range of architectural styles.
    — Sara Clemence Richard Pedaline, New York Times, 20 Oct. 2023
  • The president now presents himself as the heroic conqueror of the disease, having helped turn the White House itself into a petri dish.
    — Washington Post, 16 Oct. 2020
  • Alexander the Great was a successful conqueror but poor planner.
    — Charlotte Dunn, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Aug. 2022
  • The memory of the 18th-century conqueror is vivid for those in the Kremlin bent on restoring the Russian imperium.
    — Marc Santora, New York Times, 27 Oct. 2022
  • After all, what kind of bloodthirsty conqueror wants to become a static wizard?
    — Christian Holub, EW.com, 22 Feb. 2023
  • For this bunch to be a title team, Giannis has to be the conqueror and all the corresponding pieces must fall into subsequent place.
    — Jr Radcliffe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 13 July 2021
  • In 2007, for example, when the U.S. lost to Brazil in the semifinals, the Americans had to listen to their conquerors celebrating all night.
    — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 28 July 2023
  • Both were killed by political rivals after the death of the Macedonian conqueror in 323 B.C.
    — Gemma Tarlach, Discover Magazine, 25 Nov. 2014
  • The Russians came to Berlin as conquerors within living memory and even ruled a quarter of Germany by proxy until 1991.
    — Radek Sikorski, Foreign Affairs, 20 June 2023
  • The conqueror of Europe was also an ‘intermittent gardener’ to the end.
    — Wsj Books Staff, WSJ, 18 June 2021
  • Euric was smitten but suspicious, as Gaya belonged to a rebel group bent on driving out their Moorish conquerors.
    — Lorraine Berry, Los Angeles Times, 9 Nov. 2023
  • One day in the thirteenth century, James I of Aragon, not only a great conqueror but a king famous for his powers of memory, made a revealing slip.
    — Daniel Mendelsohn, The New Yorker, 7 Nov. 2022
  • Yet Zelensky did more than just resist the oncoming conqueror.
    — Erica Ariel Fox, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2022
  • There, a fan gave him a cheesehead hat — the crowning glory of Packers supporters — and Gardner put it atop his head, gleefully parading around the stadium like a conqueror.
    — Emmanuel Morgan, New York Times, 28 Oct. 2022
  • Swiatek, 21, had solidified her status as a clay-court conqueror by winning the French Open for the second time in three years, but she was bounced early from subsequent tournaments.
    — Helene Elliott, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2022
  • Kier tumbled to the court along the baseline, his conqueror momentarily standing over him with a menacing glare.
    — Los Angeles Times, 2 Feb. 2022
  • Seeing Woods fight through obvious pain has kindled a new kind of Tiger mania as fans, and sponsors, support him anew in the role of resilient survivor rather than invincible conqueror.
    — Matt Craig, Forbes, 10 June 2022
  • The residence was designed by 20th-century architect Manuel Parra and sits on the same cobblestone avenue where the first haciendas of the Spanish conquerors were built.
    — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 3 Aug. 2023
  • Germans with a less Olympian theory of history rarely shared Hegel’s admiration for their conqueror.
    — Jeffrey Collins, WSJ, 18 Mar. 2022
  • Darkseid is an alien conqueror who some viewers might think seems like a Thanos rip-off, but the character actually predates his Marvel counterpart.
    — James Grebey, Vulture, 12 Mar. 2021
  • Thousands have signed a petition calling for the removal of the Christopher Columbus statue, with critics saying Columbus was not a hero but a conqueror who enslaved native people.
    — CBS News, 15 June 2020
  • Feckless Pioneer Peter is the model of Soviet youth, a conqueror of nature, presented in the guise of teaching children about the instruments of the orchestra.
    — Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 16 July 2021
  • Gary didn’t immediately go from Alberta house cat to conqueror of mountains.
    — Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2023

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