Subordinates

Examples

• There never was a request made, that I am aware of, either of the flag-officer or any of his subordinates, that was not promptly complied with. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• And as certainly these habits of mind percolated down from them to their subordinates and to the general body of the population. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• He was a large, austere man, and I judge difficult of approach to his subordinates. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• The command of the advance of the pursuit was left to subordinates, whilst Thomas followed far behind. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• We have just pointed out the futility of trying to establish the aim of education--some one final aim which subordinates all others to itself. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• Most of his alleged subordinates were in fact independent, and willing to make war on the king at the slightest provocation. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• As a general rule, Edison does not get genuinely angry at mistakes and other human weaknesses of his subordinates; at best he merely simulates anger. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• For notice how it ignores human wants and human powers--how it subordinates people to a rigid formula. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• He subordinates (ante, p. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• Take them to Shador, he ordered, turning to one of his subordinates. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• He recognized the need of attention to natural resources, made it public, crystallized its force and delegated the technical accomplishment to Pinchot and his subordinates. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• Paid subordinates! Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.

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