How to Use overcome in a Sentence

overcome

verb

• She overcame a leg injury and is back running again.
• After a tough battle, they overcame the enemy.
• But the half dozen turnovers proved too much to overcome.
  — Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Oct. 2023
• Still, the sting of Garcia's lies was hard for Gay, 49, to overcome.
  — Dave Quinn, Peoplemag, 23 Jan. 2024
• Those are problems in the scene, but they can be overcome.
  — Katie Bain, Billboard, 9 June 2023
• Here are some tips on how to overcome both of these hurdles.
  — Emma Fox, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2023
• San Diego Wave coach Casey Stoney said the team’s first-half lapses were too much to overcome.
  — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Sep. 2023
• The Rangers overcame an early deficit and never looked back.
  — Jenna Malinowski, Detroit Free Press, 10 June 2023
• Still, Landry will have to overcome a host of other contenders to win.
  — Geoffrey Skelley, ABC News, 12 Oct. 2023
• But the Royals should now have the necessary depth to overcome such absences through the course of 162 games.
  — Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 22 Jan. 2024
• Sununu has also called on the field to shrink as the main means to overcome Trump in a primary.
  — Natasha Korecki, NBC News, 20 Oct. 2023
• Looking back on that day, Cooper once again returns to the idea that the film forced him to overcome his doubts.
  — Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Dec. 2023
• Rice was fouled and missed the first but made the second for a four-point margin that Butler’s deep 3 couldn’t overcome.
  — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Jan. 2024
• The Jets began last year 7-4, but Zach Wilson proved to be too heavy of an anchor for the rest of the offense to overcome.
  — Michael Middlehurst-Schwartz, USA TODAY, 3 June 2023
• Moss overcame an interception at the goal line early in the third quarter that Louisville used to trim the deficit to 28-21.
  — Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Dec. 2023
• Respect and boundaries are tools that teens learn to use to overcome these pressures.
  — Lina Ruiz, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Feb. 2024
• Both bride and groom were overcome with emotion as the duo crooned their rendition.
  — Elise Taylor, Vogue, 22 Dec. 2023
• You may sometimes be overcome by your own emotions and the emotions of others.
  — Aliza Pelto, Women's Health, 10 Sep. 2023
• CFOs must also overcome some real obstacles to make it to the top job.
  — Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 15 Apr. 2024
• The Braves overcame foul trouble to Jack Turner, who gave the Braves an eight-point lead after his three-pointer to start the third quarter.
  — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 30 Dec. 2023
• Percy Boy must overcome his fears, prove his resilience and become a force to be reckoned with.
  — Patrick Frater, Variety, 5 Feb. 2024
• If this is you, here are three strategies to overcome the mental block that is keeping you from saving.
  — Michelle Singletary, Washington Post, 24 Jan. 2024
• Homesickness is overcome; high dives braved; bunk mates won over.
  — Ellen Barry Brittainy Newman, New York Times, 6 Aug. 2023
• The song, reflecting on overcoming struggle, became the guiding light for the project.
  — Vulture, 8 June 2023
• For the second time in those three games, his team was unable to overcome that critical blunder.
  — Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2023
• Alyson Hannigan had much more to overcome than nerves before Tuesday's episode of Dancing with the Stars.
  — Farai Bennett, Peoplemag, 11 Oct. 2023
• Gannon liked seeing the effort from his players, who overcame mistakes to get a win.
  — José M. Romero, The Arizona Republic, 26 Aug. 2023
• In the past, builder KBM has claimed the improved missile would tweaked to improve odds of overcoming add-on cage (or ‘lattice’) armor.
  — Sébastien Roblin, Popular Mechanics, 18 Aug. 2023
• But there is such anticipation in the buildup; the learner must ready herself and overcome her fears.
  — Megan Gambino, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Dec. 2023
• Embarking on an odyssey, the young man must overcome a series of obstacles, from the plight of the desert to the horrors of detention centers in Libya and the dangers of the sea.
  — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 8 Dec. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024