Sentence example with the word 'subjection'

subjection

acceptance, complaisance, deference, humbleness, inferiority, minority, obedience, resignation, secondariness, submittal, supineness

Definition n. forced submission to control by others

Last update: October 2, 2015


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Its long subjection to Turkey has left little trace of antiquity, and the most striking features in the general view are the minarets of the disused mosques (only four are now in use) and the Mahommedan burying-grounds.   [Please select]

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"Civilization," said the Professor, "is the subjection of nature."   [Please select]

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The principal cause of my subjection was the children.   [Please select]

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The autumn of 1813 witnessed the subjection of the hostile Indian tribes from the Lakes to the Gulf.   [Please select]

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He requires constant and severe work, under most rigid discipline, to keep in anything like decent subjection.   [Please select]

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Then, again, it would be gratifying to him to have our hero in subjection to him.   [Please select]

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Here at last we have a truly wild animal, never probably brought into subjection by man.   [Please select]

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