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
• 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
• He's overcome a lot of disabilities, the poor guy, in his life.
  — EW.com, 27 June 2024
• 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
• 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
• Zoom in: Republicans have failed to gain sufficient support to overcome all the procedural hurdles to making the change, so Harris looks likely to take that vote — for now at least.
  — Avery Lotz, Axios, 19 Sep. 2024
• But after the Federal Reserve cut rates by a half percentage point on Wednesday, stocks continued to overcome the traditional seasonal headwinds September is known for.
  — Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 19 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 29 Sep 2024