How to Use vanquish in a Sentence

vanquish

verb
  • They were vanquished in battle.
  • And with that 81-game streak vanquished, a loss is just a bump in the road.
    Neal Rubin, Detroit Free Press, 24 June 2024
  • No one in the field expects HIV to be vanquished in the next year or so.
    Alice Park, Time, 8 Mar. 2018
  • Ethan sets out to vanquish the dragon that took his heart.
    Carly Mallenbaum, USA TODAY, 19 Aug. 2020
  • With the monster vanquished, the stink of evil can begin to be scrubbed away.
    Chris Wiley, The New Yorker, 10 Jan. 2024
  • But come July, the goal was no longer to vanquish covid at all costs.
    Washington Post, 11 Aug. 2021
  • And so, after more than 30 years, the final claim on the Pearl of Lao Tzu was vanquished.
    Michael Lapointe, The Atlantic, 11 May 2018
  • The phrase itself hasn’t been heard much since Ronald Reagan vanquished the Democrats in 1984.
    Eric Roston, Bloomberg.com, 7 June 2017
  • In any case, there will be lots to explore and plenty of foes to vanquish.
    Erik Kain, Forbes, 11 Nov. 2021
  • Then the devil pops up, and over the course of about a half an hour, the infant Mary vanquishes the devil!
    Jeremy Eichler, BostonGlobe.com, 15 June 2023
  • Hillary apologizes, and then two of them agree to join forces and vanquish Trump.
    Washington Post, 20 Apr. 2022
  • Max, on the other hand, had seen, and vanquished, thousands.
    Andy Newman, New York Times, 1 June 2017
  • Over the span of a few years, Ford had unveiled the Mustang, won at Le Mans, and vanquished its fuddy-​duddy image.
    Ezra Dyer, Popular Mechanics, 8 Oct. 2019
  • No matter who won, there was sure to be a party shared by victors and the vanquished.
    Arthur Hart, idahostatesman, 8 July 2017
  • In his opinion, the issue is still whether the U.S. can vanquish the pandemic.
    Jon Blau, The Indianapolis Star, 15 Aug. 2020
  • Russia, its worst fears vanquished, has done just that.
    Rory Smith, New York Times, 25 June 2018
  • Sending a text that wishes someone the best can be the best way to vanquish a zombie.
    Meredith Goldstein, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Aug. 2019
  • Two types of white blood cells, T- and B-cells, tag-team to vanquish invading pathogens.
    Allysia Finley, WSJ, 17 Jan. 2022
  • These tech tips can help vanquish the monsters in the closet—or create good vibes for teens.
    Simon Hill, Wired, 15 Apr. 2021
  • Return to Hyrule and vanquish the evil king Ganondorf in this open-world action game.
    PCMAG, 19 Jan. 2023
  • Adorn a suit of armor and vanquish someone else dressed as a dragon, that sort of thing.
    Longreads, 16 Sep. 2022
  • While some Democrats merely want to win, others want to vanquish Trump.
    Alexander Nazaryan, Newsweek, 21 Feb. 2018
  • The other, inaudible and vanquished, The delay is just right, phase in essence.
    Chris Lee, Ars Technica, 14 Apr. 2020
  • There is nothing a world of best intentions can do to vanquish that hurt.
    Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 25 May 2021
  • The bottom line is the villain in these legal dramas and the bottom line cannot be vanquished.
    Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Jan. 2020
  • Djokovic took five long sets on Friday night to vanquish Alexander Zverev.
    Gerald Marzorati, The New Yorker, 13 Sep. 2021
  • The Raiders smartly leaned on Josh Jacobs as their red-zone savior to vanquish the winless start.
    Richard Morin, USA TODAY, 10 Oct. 2022
  • And some seem to be focused more on the rollout of the vaccines that could eventually vanquish the threat.
    Julie Watson and Terry Tang, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 Jan. 2021
  • Trump felt like he was being punished for vanquishing his opponent 108 days too early.
    Brian Bennett, TIME, 11 Sep. 2024
  • Now the dramatic photos of him pumping his fist at the Pennsylvania rally, blood streaming on his face, will assuredly be in evidence everywhere – the GOP’s depiction of a leader who cannot be vanquished.
    Susan Page, USA TODAY, 14 July 2024

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