Explore Overcomes through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Overcomes meaning
third-person singular simple present indicative of overcome
Using Overcomes
- The main meaning on this page is: third-person singular simple present indicative of overcome
- In the example corpus, overcomes often appears in combinations such as: overcomes the, that overcomes, who overcomes.
Context around Overcomes
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 11 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Overcomes
- In this selection, "overcomes" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, fever, heel, psg, failure, suffering and alexander stand out and add context to how "overcomes" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a team overcomes failure perseveres and and psg overcomes le havre. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "overcomes" sits close to words such as abdulaziz, abortive and acacia, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with overcomes
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Eventually, she overcomes her forced obedience. (6 words)
Sevian overcomes the previous Grand Swiss title holder. (8 words)
Rickey overcomes all odds to become a baseball player. (9 words)
In fact, the whole of Konoha sees and feels this explosion, and while Sakura advises her it's dangerous to rely on your opponent like this, she likes how Sarada adapts, evolves and overcomes. (34 words)
After publishing an online critique of Xi Viral Alarm: When Fury Overcomes Fear, he was placed under house arrest by the security forces and barred from using the internet, according to media reports. (33 words)
Sanskritist and art historian Professor Gautama Vajracharya says Shasthi is also a goddess symbolising the sixth day – the number of days after which a newly born child overcomes the risk of neonatal death. (33 words)
Example sentences (20)
In this week's Media Briefs, Matildas fever overcomes us all.
I was raised to work really hard, and I think that overcomes some but not all gender biases.
Maybe it’s because I like Elias too, but it’s always weird to me when the heel overcomes that many odds in a no DQ match filled with shenanigans.
Mbappe scores and PSG overcomes Le Havre despite Donnarumma’s red card.
Sevian overcomes the previous Grand Swiss title holder.
The Marvels overcomes some early issues to be a fun and exciting entry in the Marvel Studios cannon.
It's a showbiz tale of a blue-collar kid with a million-dollar voice who overcomes the usual obstacles to become the superstar he was always destined to be.
Rickey overcomes all odds to become a baseball player.
The REC foundation strives to create a future where every student designs and innovates as part of a team, overcomes failure, perseveres, and emerges confident in their ability to meet global challenges.
The salvation of the Lamb overcomes suffering and God wins.
The set-up overcomes the lack of a large mains water supply to the station, which is only serviced by a small diameter trunk line.
World No 3 overcomes Alexander Zverev in gruelling four-hour marathon.
After publishing an online critique of Xi Viral Alarm: When Fury Overcomes Fear, he was placed under house arrest by the security forces and barred from using the internet, according to media reports.
Despite his boorish and lazy demeanor, Homer is also a friendly and well-intentioned goof, who always overcomes temptation and personal desire to do right by his family.
In fact, the whole of Konoha sees and feels this explosion, and while Sakura advises her it's dangerous to rely on your opponent like this, she likes how Sarada adapts, evolves and overcomes.
Sanskritist and art historian Professor Gautama Vajracharya says Shasthi is also a goddess symbolising the sixth day – the number of days after which a newly born child overcomes the risk of neonatal death.
Throughout the seven-episode series, Beth is such a force as she overcomes many obstacles in her life, but one way she really inspired Taylor-Joy was to "be kind" to herself.
A multihost bacterial pathogen overcomes continuous population bottlenecks to adapt to new host species, DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.
Eventually, she overcomes her forced obedience.
However, Flash overcomes Pirate's mind control through sheer willpower and confronts the shadowy figure who brought him to this dark place.
Common combinations with overcomes
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: