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Subdue is an English word with synonyms like curb or overcome. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Subdue in a sentence

Subdue | Subdued | Subdues

Subdue meaning

  1. To overcome, quieten, or bring under control.
  2. To bring (a country) under control by force.

Using Subdue

  • The main meaning on this page is: To overcome, quieten, or bring under control. | To bring (a country) under control by force.
  • Useful related words include: curb, overcome, moderate, check.
  • In the example corpus, subdue often appears in combinations such as: to subdue, subdue the, subdue him.

Context around Subdue

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 25.4 words
  • Position in the sentence: 3 start, 8 middle, 9 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Subdue

  • In this selection, "subdue" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 25.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, further, inflation, jordan and individuals stand out and add context to how "subdue" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include able to subdue and stop and able to subdue him. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "subdue" sits close to words such as aol, arran and autoimmune, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with subdue

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

To seize the land, colonizers first had to subdue the women. (11 words)

As he kept fighting, the authorities decided to subdue him so he could get cuffed. (15 words)

You'd think maybe they would have been able to subdue and stop this doofus. (15 words)

Sophie Haug scored a hat-trick for Norway including two goals in the opening 17 minutes to subdue a raucous, pro-Philippines crowd of 34,697 fans, and Norway triumphed to advance to the knockout stage. (36 words)

BlackRock Investment Institute raised U.S. short-term government bonds to "overweight" on Tuesday, saying investors were realizing the U.S. Federal Reserve may have to become more aggressive in its campaign to subdue inflation. (35 words)

Responding officers tried to subdue Celik with force, and his parents said they witnessed police repeatedly beat their son with their feet and knees before the unarmed man stopped breathing and was in cardiorespiratory arrest. (35 words)

Example sentences (20)

As he kept fighting, the authorities decided to subdue him so he could get cuffed.

BlackRock Investment Institute raised U.S. short-term government bonds to "overweight" on Tuesday, saying investors were realizing the U.S. Federal Reserve may have to become more aggressive in its campaign to subdue inflation.

Daniel Penny has revealed new details about what motivated him to subdue Jordan Neely in the New York City subway, an altercation that led to Neely’s death.

During the recent protests over the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and other Black Americans, police forces across the country have used weapons categorized as “less lethal” to disperse crowds and subdue individuals.

In a chaotic scene, the officers rush through the door and wrestle DePape to the ground in an attempt to subdue him.

In an attempt to subdue his pet pit bull the owner tied a leash around its mouth unintentionally causing it to die of asphyxiation.

Lomax then ran off down another corridor, chased by the nurse, before more hospital staff rushed to help and were able to subdue him.

Persons at the shop attempted to resolve the situation, but Fitzpatrick began to behave disorderly and assaulted two of the men trying to subdue him.

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Responding officers tried to subdue Celik with force, and his parents said they witnessed police repeatedly beat their son with their feet and knees before the unarmed man stopped breathing and was in cardiorespiratory arrest.

Sophie Haug scored a hat-trick for Norway including two goals in the opening 17 minutes to subdue a raucous, pro-Philippines crowd of 34,697 fans, and Norway triumphed to advance to the knockout stage.

Things quickly escalated when the 24-year-old tried to subdue him by using what appears to be a chokehold.

To seize the land, colonizers first had to subdue the women.

You'd think maybe they would have been able to subdue and stop this doofus.

At Boughton Oval on Saturday, September 7, his son played centre as the Boars produced an almost perfect second half to subdue the plucky Roos en route to in front of their euphoric home supporters.

It's a code to all able-bodied personnel to come help pick up or subdue a patient.

Lolesio successfully added the extras to further subdue an expectant home support before Van der Flier’s third try this November halved the deficit, only for Prendergast to squander the conversion.

Many of the thousands of administratively detained Palestinians — men, women and children alike — constitute an obvious form of hostage-taking that is intended to subdue anti-Israel expressions by Palestinians.

Mumbai leaned on their collective batting strength to subdue a spirited Madhya Pradesh by five wickets to clinch the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy in Bengaluru on Sunday.

Police say Dyke attempted to stab the officers, prompting them to deploy Tasers in order to subdue him.

Scanlon dovetailed brilliantly with Megan Ormiston inside and the duo managed to subdue the threat of Emma Merriweather who can create havoc if allowed.

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Common combinations with subdue

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "subdue" in a sentence?
An example: "As he kept fighting, the authorities decided to subdue him so he could get cuffed." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "subdue" from authentic English texts.
What does "subdue" mean?
Subdue means: To overcome, quieten, or bring under control.
What are synonyms of "subdue"?
Common synonyms of "subdue" include: curb, overcome, moderate, check, contain, hold, hold in, control. Plus 7 more synonyms.
How many example sentences with "subdue" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "subdue", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.