Example sentences for: overcome

How can you use “overcome” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • But Dole and his advisers have also sought to turn the toughness that enabled Dole to overcome his injury into an asset, the counterpoint to the Bush "wimp" image that is the other side of the deeply personal contest between the two men.

  • At the same time, I do want some credit for being able to overcome some serious challenges.

  • Boston pitcher Pedro Martinez threw six no-hit innings in the final game against Cleveland to make the Red Sox only the fourth team ever to overcome a two-game deficit in the playoffs' first round.

  • As the sixth Bond, Pierce Brosnan is said to be debonair but not strong enough to overcome the film's clichés.

  • If anything, the director seems to have suffered from a surfeit of dignity, proving too proud to overcome the loss of a powerful patron and a couple of ambitious flops.


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