How do you use Overcome in a sentence? See 20 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like defeat or arouse, plus the exact meaning.
Overcome in a sentence
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Overcome meaning
- To surmount (a physical or abstract obstacle); to prevail over, to get the better of.
- To prevail.
- To recover from (a difficulty), to get over.
Example sentences (20)
And so, “the individual family must disappear, be overcome”, we told ourselves, and with those attitudes we moved on.
Brother Norton has been tentative, but must find stratagems to overcome his internal foes, and quickly find his feet.
As well as her physical injuries, she pushed herself to overcome the psychological side effects of her accident.
David was very shy but Zoe was struck by how he seemed to overcome this when he was passionate about something.
For better or worse, Shinji learned a lot about growing up and what it takes to overcome fear, perhaps thanks to Misato.
At least two Republicans would have to break ranks to overcome a veto on tribal bills, assuming Democrats stick together.
By sharing these success stories, we emphasize that it is possible to overcome the hurdles of denied claims.
Early breaks in each set were too much for Kokkinakis to overcome in the face of Alcaraz’s speed and power.
An emotional Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said the body was needed to overcome Indigenous disadvantage.
Eventually, the babyface hero does overcome the all-conquering heel, no matter how impossible that seems.
Could he overcome his own ignorance about musicals, or would he exit stage left before production began?
Again, whatever defense he has, with what the other side has, I don’t think his legal team can overcome the physicals evidence.
An Israeli newspaper recently described the steps some U.S. officials are taking to help Israel overcome the reciprocity issue.
Downs are limited, space is limited, and you better call your best plays to overcome those obstacles.
After we all bury our dead, and try to rebuild, and try to overcome the pain and the rage—then what?
Despite putting together a furious second-half rally to overcome a 10-point halftime deficit, ultimately fell short Tuesday night.
During her questioning though she told officers that she and her husband were undergoing counselling to overcome martial problems.
Enosa Peni said that having faith in Jesus Christ will enable South Sudanese to overcome some of the challenges facing the country.
Fields and Rice both went five matches deep into the tournament and had to overcome a lost in order to get into the third place match.
And he might even get enough to overcome the presumption that it goes to a quarterback who plays for one of the two No. 1 playoff seeds.
Common combinations with overcome
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- to overcome 107×
- overcome the 36×
- can overcome 13×
- overcome with 11×
- overcome his 10×
- overcome their 8×
- was overcome 7×
- be overcome 7×
- overcome by 7×
- has overcome 7×
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About these examples
The 20 examples on this page contain the complete word overcome. Duplicate, incomplete, unusually short and technically noisy sentences are removed automatically. The definition is sourced from Wiktionary. Read more about our sources and checks on the About Voorbeeldzinnen.info page or see how to report a correction.