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Sentence count:287+19Posted:2016-09-16Updated:2020-07-24
Synonym: conquerdefeatdrive offfrustrateoverpowersurmountupsetAntonym: submitSimilar words: overcrowdedover and overpercolateunder controlovercoverget overgo overMeaning: [‚əʊvə(r)'kʌm]  v. 1. win a victory over 2. get on top of; deal with successfully 3. overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli 4. overcome, usually through no fault or weakness of the person that is overcome. 
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61. He has to overcome his inability to assert himself.
62. Her financial problems could no longer be overcome.
63. Her natural resilience helped her overcome the crisis.
64. She has managed to overcome her physical handicaps.
65. Today's NSC is overcome by day-to-day crisis management.
66. I was overcome by waves of nausea.
67. By now, she was screaming,[sentence dictionary] completely overcome with hysteria.
68. I cannot overcome my repugnance to eating snails.
69. The dead woman had been overcome by smoke.
70. He strove manfully to overcome his speech defect.
71. They were overcome with sadness.
72. She was overcome by despair.
73. She was overcome by smoke.
74. Therapy helped her overcome her fear.
75. Several firefighters had been overcome by smoke and fumes.
76. Eventually she managed to overcome her shyness in class.
77. I was overcome with a feeling of utter despair.
78. He made determined efforts to overcome the scandal.
79. They still have some serious problems to overcome .
80. We need a confident leader to overcome these difficulties.
81. I'm trying to overcome my horror of insects.
82. Mary was overcome with emotion.
83. A speech therapist helped him overcome his stammer.
84. She struggled to overcome her feelings of worthlessness.
85. She managed to overcome her fear.
86. The officers on duty were visibly overcome(sentencedict.com), many of them in tears.
87. Overcome with/by emotion, she found herself unable to speak for a few minutes.
88. The engineer was working on the freezer when he was overcome by gas.
89. Frank subscribed firmly to the belief that human kindness would overcome evil.
90. Western officials say the problem is minor, and should be quickly overcome.
More similar words: overcrowdedover and overpercolateunder controlovercoverget overgo overall overoverallbe overoverseegovernorlay overcover uphand overrecoverover therepovertyuncoverrun overproverbrecoverycoveragetake overlook overmoreoveroverlookturn overblow over
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