taming

Saints and hermits were frequently described as taming bears, and reducing them to menial servants, in order to show the faithful how the power of God could exorcise the Devil and reduce him to harmless submission.

The History of a Fallen King Jonathan Sumption 2011

Using two opposite strategies, one focused and one broad, scientists say they have made progress in taming two of the most intractable types of cancer.

Significant Advances in Two of the Hardest to Treat Cancers | Impact Lab 2010

Women neglect this valuable, and free, resource in "taming the savage breast."

The Powerful Equation of Love 2005

Although our male and female passengers demonstrated a similar interest in taming Ngungwe, in redefining the place and its people as harmless in the uncertain early aftermath of the war, the men and women who accompanied us were heading there for distinctly different purposes.

Where Women Make History: Gendered Tellings of Community and Change in Magude, Mozambique 2005

They look very innocent, and are docile, gentle and obedient, spending much of their time in taming their pets and playing with them, and in playing games peculiar to their age.

The Golden Chersonese and the Way Thither Isabella Lucy 1883

The Malays are passionately fond of pets, and are said to have much skill in taming birds and animals.

The Golden Chersonese and the Way Thither Isabella Lucy 1883

Moreover, Mr. Singer said he finds the idea of taming financial sectors in developed countries as counterproductive, too.

Czech Central Banker: Rates Will Remain Low 2010

The process of progressing through the ten levels of bhumi-minds is one of discipline, namely taming the mind to recognize and realize the three Buddha-bodies in each thought.

Commentary on An Aspiration Prayer for the Definitive Meaning of Mahamudra ��� 3 Meditation Practice Beru Khyentse Rinpoche 2006

And finally as part of the whole image of our contemporary existential experience there is the decline of what I would call the taming forces, the decline of the liberal tradition, the decline of the religious tradition, the decline of even the modest balance between authority and freedom which the nineteenth century bequeathed to us.

Can Canada Have An Independent Foreign Policy? 1969

There were also several stablemen, all much interested in the idea of taming the fiery steeds of the desert.

My First Years As A Frenchwoman, 1876-1879 Waddington, Mary King 1914