OVERCOME in a Sentence
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164 example sentences for OVERCOME, such as:
1. Patience, time, and money overcome everything.
2. Though a lie be well drest, it is ever overcome.
3. Molly had fought and overcome her fear of flying.
4. Though a lie be well dressd, it is ever overcome.
5. Elinor made no resistance that was not easily overcome.
2. Though a lie be well drest, it is ever overcome.
3. Molly had fought and overcome her fear of flying.
4. Though a lie be well dressd, it is ever overcome.
5. Elinor made no resistance that was not easily overcome.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of OVERCOME
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overcome
v. overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli
v. overcome, usually through no fault or weakness of the person that is overcome
Classic Sentence: (136 in 10 pages)
1 I slaked my thirst at the brook, and then lying down, was overcome by sleep.
2 One day, when I was oppressed by cold, I found a fire which had been left by some wandering beggars, and was overcome with delight at the warmth I experienced from it.
3 Then, overcome by fatigue, I lay down among some straw and fell asleep.
4 While I was overcome by these feelings, I left the spot where I had committed the murder, and seeking a more secluded hiding-place, I entered a barn which had appeared to me to be empty.
5 I feared the vengeance of the disappointed fiend, yet I was unable to overcome my repugnance to the task which was enjoined me.
6 I was overcome by gloom and misery and often reflected I had better seek death than desire to remain in a world which to me was replete with wretchedness.
7 Sometimes, when nature, overcome by hunger, sank under the exhaustion, a repast was prepared for me in the desert that restored and inspirited me.
8 After the murder of Clerval I returned to Switzerland, heart-broken and overcome.
9 She upbraided herself for the sentiment, but could not overcome or lessen it.
10 He was too diffident to do justice to himself; but when his natural shyness was overcome, his behaviour gave every indication of an open, affectionate heart.
11 They had begun to fail him before he entered the house, and they were quite overcome by the captivating manners of Mrs. Dashwood.
12 Absence might have weakened his regard, and convenience might have determined him to overcome it, but that such a regard had formerly existed she could not bring herself to doubt.
13 She resigned herself at first to all the misery of her situation; and happy had it been if she had not lived to overcome those regrets which the remembrance of me occasioned.
14 She could say no more; her spirits were quite overcome, and hiding her face on Elinor's shoulder, she burst into tears.
15 Elinor made no resistance that was not easily overcome.
Example Sentence: (28 in 2 pages)
1 Though a lie be well dressd, it is ever overcome.
2 I am not a slave, I am not a captive, and by energy I can overcome the greater obstacles.
3 One may overcome a thousand men in battle, but he who conquers himself is the greatest victor.
4 To make a lasting marriage we have to overcome self-centeredness.
5 Though a lie be well drest, it is ever overcome.
6 Western officials say the problem is minor, and should be quickly overcome.
7 They suggested measures to overcome current difficulties.
8 As the director of the project explains, there are still a few teething troubles to overcome.
9 Patience, time, and money overcome everything.
10 Molly had fought and overcome her fear of flying.
11 Some things are so important that they force us to overcome our fears.
12 The game had a single inviolable rule: obstacles were to be overcome, not circumvented.
13 I was suddenly overcome with an uncontrollable desire to hit him.
14 The two parties managed to overcome their differences on the issue.
15 He lost his leg when he was ten, but learnt to overcome his handicap.