How to Use surmount in a Sentence

surmount

verb

• But the family has, for the most part, been able to surmount these problems.
  — Lorraine Allen, Good Housekeeping, 22 Mar. 2021
• That's too much for a young roster and new coaching staff to surmount.
  — Nate Davis, USA TODAY, 23 Sep. 2020
• There is a hurdle to surmount before love is free to grow.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 6 June 2020
• The fans of the Cardinals saw Pujols surmount the sport for 11 seasons.
  — Andy McCullough, latimes.com, 20 June 2019
• There can be an old hurdle to surmount before love is free to grow.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 15 Apr. 2020
• At the top of the rod is a faceted amethyst monde surmounted by a cross set with more diamonds and an emerald.
  — Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 5 May 2023
• Still, some of the fallout from SMA were difficult to surmount.
  — Christina Oehler, Health.com, 8 Apr. 2020
• To win the case, Trump’s opponents have to surmount some big hurdles.
  — David Lauter, Los Angeles Times, 25 Dec. 2023
• If these hurdles can be surmounted, though, PETase might make a dent in the scourge of plastic waste.
  — The Economist, 16 Apr. 2018
• But the hurdles posed by rising crime have proved difficult for Democrats to surmount in the past.
  — Maegan Vazquez, CNN, 3 Feb. 2022
• And so that's not a hurdle that is going to be very difficult to surmount at all.
  — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 4 Feb. 2022
• United will do very well to surmount the challenge posed by Leicester.
  — SI.com, 22 Dec. 2017
• For with them too came a domed plastic lid, the Hill of Destiny, surmounting a steep pile of cream through which straws had to plunge to do their duty.
  — The Economist, 31 Dec. 2019
• Baker-Durst, 28, surmounted a number of issues to take the field.
  — Matt Higgins Jalen Wright, New York Times, 22 Aug. 2023
• The Queen Diva, who wore a baseball cap surmounted by plush reindeer antlers through much of the show, was displeased.
  — Doug MacCash, NOLA.com, 17 Dec. 2017
• Of course, dozens of other states — along with Congress — have been able to surmount those barriers.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 7 Apr. 2021
• Klum hinted that her costume this year will surmount to something big.
  — Michelle Lee, Peoplemag, 19 Oct. 2023
• But even if that happens, there’s a far larger obstacle to surmount: whether people want this in the first place.
  — Kate Knibbs, WIRED, 23 Dec. 2022
• Most of these, including the one at Campo-Formio, are surmounted by a pair of Art Nouveau lamps.
  — Andrew Martin, Travel + Leisure, 15 Jan. 2024
• The grandest challenge for your leadership years may well be to reverse and surmount this threat.
  — WSJ, 18 May 2018
• More condos in the region are also surmounting the $1 million price point.
  — Hope Hodge Seck, Washington Post, 20 Apr. 2023
• It was trimmed with lace and appliqué, and the back bustle was topped with a wide ribbon surmounting an elaborate train.
  — Kate C. Lemay, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 July 2023
• Finally, Cerebras had to surmount the problem of yield.
  — Matthew Hutson, The New Yorker, 20 Aug. 2021
• These are just some of the obstacles a young designer has to surmount in order to achieve success on Italian shores.
  — Tiziana Cardini, Vogue, 3 Mar. 2021
• Still, if the cells were taken from an animal that had already been killed in a kosher way, that would likely surmount that first hurdle.
  — Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 7 Apr. 2021
• Many drink makers are able to surmount these hurdles and secure funding.
  — Patrick McGroarty, WSJ, 28 Aug. 2018
• The London clubs will be expected to go the distance until the end of the season in putting up their fight for a Champions League spot and have the squad to surmount such a challenge.
  — Liam Canning, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2021
• That’s a lot of barriers for even the most dedicated baby kissers to surmount.
  — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 20 Dec. 2022
• Throughout his career, Johnson has managed to surmount the sort of gaffes that have brought other politicians down.
  — Gregory Katz, The Seattle Times, 9 July 2018
• So how will a tiny, bootstrapped venture in Boston surmount those challenges?
  — Scott Kirsner, BostonGlobe.com, 29 July 2019

Last Updated: 28 May 2024