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.
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But crypto bigwigs are betting that money and passion can overcome all this.
— Andrew R. Chow, TIME, 8 Oct. 2024 -
She was overcome with sadness, feelings of powerlessness and would spend hours weeping.
— Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY, 5 Oct. 2024 -
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 -
There was just no way of getting around it and too much to overcome.
— Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2023 -
Here are some tips on how to overcome both of these hurdles.
— Emma Fox, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2023 -
The crowd rose to its feet as Hadzic, overcome with emotion, stepped away from the lectern.
— Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 23 May 2024 -
The Cubs couldn’t overcome the home run barrage in an 11-1 blowout loss at Target Field.
— Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 13 May 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 -
Yet there’s a central tension in the film that Covenant can’t quite overcome.
— James Grebey, TIME, 16 Aug. 2024 -
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 -
But there are a few trials that the former padawan must first overcome.
— Emlyn Travis, EW.com, 7 Apr. 2023 -
There are ways to overcome those pesky emotions though.
— Becca Stanek, The Week, 27 Apr. 2023 -
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 -
By the end, though, the voice of the announcer seemed overcome by what sounded a little like awe.
— Rory Smith, New York Times, 24 Apr. 2024 -
Djokovic, overcome with emotion, went back to his bench, put his head in a white towel and cried.
— Sean Gregory / Paris, TIME, 4 Aug. 2024 -
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 -
The new train – the first nonstop service on the route – has had to overcome some hefty obstacles.
— Caolán Magee, CNN, 20 Mar. 2023 -
He's overcome a lot of disabilities, the poor guy, in his life.
— EW.com, 27 June 2024 -
Hartselle overcame three errors and used a big third inning in the win.
— Mike Perrin | , al, 27 Mar. 2023 -
The genuine suspense has to be: Will Angela overcome some of the fears from her childhood and choose to trust Vanya?
— Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 22 July 2024 -
And George Stevens overcame similar hurdles to take the seat in 1991.
— David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 May 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
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