vanquished

• And the vocalisation and instrumentation of the dancers and stampers on the towing-path had by this time ceased to mean aught of joy in the victors or of comfort for the vanquished, and had resolved itself into a wild wordless hymn to the glory of Miss Dobson. —  Zuleika Dobson, or, an Oxford love story
• He showed some sort of pity for the vanquished, and declared his intention of rebuilding the cities he had destroyed. —  Historical Sketches, Volume I (of 3) The Turks in Their Relation to Europe; Marcus Tullius Cicero; Apollonius of Tyana; Primitive Christianity
• Piety lies vanquished, and the virgin Astræa[35] is the last of the heavenly {Deities} to abandon the Earth, {now} drenched in slaughter Footnote 30: Age of degenerated tendencies._--Ver. —  The Metamorphoses of Ovid Vol. I, Books I-VII
• The sepoys were vanquished, and the land of the rajahs of old fell again under the rule of England Prince Dakkar, unable to find that death he courted, returned to the mountain fastnesses of Bundelkund. —  The Secret of the Island
• Their thoughts are turned towards the vanquished, their eyes resting on heads that still carry their covering of hair. —  The Lone Ranche

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