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subduing

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verb

present participle of subdue
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subduing

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adjective

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of subduing
Adjective
The Giants won in all kinds of encouraging ways while subduing the wild-card-leading Cubs in a 5-2 victory Tuesday night. Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 27 Aug. 2025 The two also showed a demonstration of what a K9 takedown looks like, with Humphries acting as a target and K9 Bob subduing him. Richard Requena, Chicago Tribune, 8 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for subduing
Noun
  • In the early colonial period, publications often contained collections of high-profile personalities’ portraits, starting with the depiction of high-ranking Japanese colonial officials began in 1896, with an illustrated account of the Japanese conquest of the island.
    H.M.A. Leow, JSTOR Daily, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Instead of conquest, the focus was intimacy—feeling the land under your feet, learning animal tracks, listening to the bush itself.
    Daniel Scheffler, Forbes.com, 12 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The Chargers got off to a hot start to the season in year two under Jim Harbaugh by defeating the Chiefs 27-21 in the NFL season opener.
    Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Jovic lifted the trophy by defeating Colombia’s Emiliana Arango 6-4, 6-1 in Sunday’s final of the WTA 500 tournament in Zapopan, Mexico.
    Manasi Pathak, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • No doubt fans would embrace the arena evolution as simply the next rung on the band’s inevitable, world-conquering trajectory.
    Daniel Kohn, Rolling Stone, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Dealing with the origins of the armor as well as Arago’s previous attempts at conquering the world.
    Ollie Barder, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Rather than quelling terrorist attacks, permanently suppressing Palestinian aspirations would likely fuel an endless insurgency.
    Bloomberg Opinion, Twin Cities, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Giddey also took a significant step toward quelling concerns about him as a shooter.
    Bobby Krivitsky, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Mineral formulas also tend to be fragrance-free, noncomedogenic, and noninflammatory, says Dr. Engelman.
    Brigitt Earley, Glamour, 21 Feb. 2024
  • Burgum, 67 years old and known for a casual style and noninflammatory rhetoric, was never a significant presence in the race.
    John McCormick, WSJ, 5 Dec. 2023
Adjective
  • Up until the 17th century, people thought dogs were little more than unemotional machines that could not feel pain, either emotional or physical.
    Dawn Kovell, Mercury News, 19 Aug. 2025
  • Becton appeared calm and unemotional about the situation, the affidavit states.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 25 July 2025
Noun
  • Just one week after wowing spectators at the US Open with her dominating and inspiring tennis skills, Coco Gauff shifted her razor-sharp focus to her other passion—fashion.
    Paul Chi, Vogue, 11 Sep. 2025
  • The strange power of a three-decade-old song dominating summer playlists is no accident.
    Preston Fore, Fortune, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The movie adaptation is also rife with metaphors about boys becoming men and overcoming life-or-death circumstances to make it out the other side.
    Brian Truitt, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
  • But in reality, deepfakes are getting better and the threat industry has many years of experience in honing lures to trick people, playing on emotions and overcoming natural suspicions and objections.
    Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025

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“Subduing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subduing. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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