overbear

Example Sentences

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I know that it is easy to overbear a person’s mind if you continuously barrage them with questions and accuse them.

From New York Times • Nov. 25, 2011

But just because Karl Malden won't be brought to overbear on this doesn't mean Amex considers it unimportant.

From Time Magazine Archive

Nordheim, however, who was attracted by the boldness of the scheme, contrived to overbear all opposition and to have his own way.

From The Alpine Fay A Romance by Elisabeth Buerstenbinder (AKA E. Werner)

It was not a mere effort to overbear their sorrow—an outward semblance of reconciliation to their hard fate—but it was a deep fountain of real gladness, welling up from their riven spirits.

From Memories of Bethany by Macduff, John R. (John Ross)

“Then you did overbear us,” said the ruffian Cobb; “it won’t do to trust him.”

From My First Voyage to Southern Seas by Pearse, Alfred