6 sentences with 'crushing'
Example sentences and phrases with the word crushing and other words derived from it.
• « The richest man in Italy, Senator Crassus, took command of the Roman army assembled to defeat Spartacus, crushing the slave army and killing Spartacus in 71 BC. (and lining the road to Rome with 6,000 crucified slaves). »
• « In 1187 an Egyptian Muslim general named Salah-ad-Din (his name is usually rendered as Saladin) retook Jerusalem after crushing the Crusaders at the Battle of Hattin. »
• « However, his meteoric rise to power was cut short when he led his forces against the Ottomans in 1514 and suffered a crushing defeat, shattering his carefully cultivated aura of divine power. »
• « Israel's crushing victory in the 1967 Six Day War proved to American policymakers that it was a power worth cultivating, and in the decades following the government's assumption of power American-Israeli relations were that Israel was the most reliable and powerful partner supporting American interests. Part of that sympathy was also born out of respect for the fact that Israel's government is democratic and has a thriving civil society. »