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Overcame in a sentence
Overcame meaning
- simple past of overcome
- past participle of overcome
Using Overcame
- The main meaning on this page is: simple past of overcome | past participle of overcome
- In the example corpus, overcame often appears in combinations such as: who overcame, overcame the, and overcame.
Context around Overcame
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 11 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Overcame
- In this selection, "overcame" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, conn, company, blind, great, caution and peterborough stand out and add context to how "overcame" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and blind overcame great odds and and community overcame this by. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "overcame" sits close to words such as cartoons, clinched and greenville, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with overcame
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Clearly, he overcame those issues. (5 words)
Fortunately, Gordon overcame his demons and turned his life around. (10 words)
And yet our team and community overcame this by being creative and industrious. (13 words)
After Mr Musk dropped the idea of a Tesla buyout, the company overcame its production problems, resulting in a rapid upturn in car sales that caused its stock to soar and made Mr Musk the world’s richest person until he bought Twitter. (43 words)
After Neeley lost most of the weight, though, she began abusing drugs, just as her parents had, according to a Facebook post last July that Neeley deleted, but that saved via screenshot: "I overcame my food addiction," she posted. (39 words)
A bipartisan social media bill championed by U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., overcame a hurdle this week as a committee once again approved legislation aiming to protect minors online and hold tech companies accountable. (36 words)
Example sentences (20)
A bipartisan social media bill championed by U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., overcame a hurdle this week as a committee once again approved legislation aiming to protect minors online and hold tech companies accountable.
After Mr Musk dropped the idea of a Tesla buyout, the company overcame its production problems, resulting in a rapid upturn in car sales that caused its stock to soar and made Mr Musk the world’s richest person until he bought Twitter.
After Neeley lost most of the weight, though, she began abusing drugs, just as her parents had, according to a Facebook post last July that Neeley deleted, but that saved via screenshot: "I overcame my food addiction," she posted.
Alabama-born Helen Keller, who was deaf and blind, overcame great odds to succeed as an author and lecturer.
A lot of athletes when those injuries happen, they can’t develop that mental toughness and it destroys them, but he overcame it.
And yet—he overcame that, mostly from sheer force of will that he would not carry within him the sins of his father.
And yet our team and community overcame this by being creative and industrious.
As I drove in that direction, I thought I should call for back up but as the crying was coming from a location quite close by, curiosity overcame caution and in short order there she was.
At 5 years old, Tainsh overcame a brain tumor after being given two weeks to live.
Bowie overcame a four-run deficit, saw their own two-run lead erased in the ninth inning, and plated two runs in the tenth to win 8-6.
But with this challenge, the atmosphere they can create – the way they overcame Peterborough in the playoff which I’m not sure could have happened at many places.
Clearly, he overcame those issues.
Connaught overcame DY United 3-2, coming from 2-1 down at half-time to win.
Courtney Williams had 13 points and 11 assists for the Sky, who overcame injuries and a coaching change in the middle of the season to make the playoffs.
Devin Booker starred as the Phoenix Suns overcame an opening defeat to beat the LA Clippers 123-109 in the second home game of their play-off series.
Djokovic overcame a slow start on Saturday to rally past his fifth-seeded Russian opponent 5-7 7-6 (7-3) 7-5 and maintain his perfect record in the semis at the indoor tournament.
Erik ten Hag was delighted by his players’ response to their “horror start” as Manchester United overcame a two-goal deficit to beat 10-man Nottingham Forest.
Fetterman overcame a days before last May's primary election and spent the last five months on the campaign trail recovering from the stroke.
Fortunately, Gordon overcame his demons and turned his life around.
Gloucester made them fight every inch of the way, but Sale even overcame yellow cards for the England internationals Tom Curry and Manu Tuilagi as they displayed admirable spirit.
Common combinations with overcame
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- who overcame 21×
- overcame the 16×
- and overcame 16×
- he overcame 14×
- they overcame 13×
- she overcame 9×
- overcame an 8×
- overcame his 6×
- overcame slow 5×
- overcame it 4×