be overcome

Example Sentences

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While pouring sand from one container to another, Chakraborty appears to be overcome with dust.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2026

The lesson, he wrote, was that “fear often can be overcome simply by facing it.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

Of course, the investment thesis could be overcome by events.

From Barron's • Mar. 4, 2026

For US energy companies, however, there are huge practical difficulties to be overcome.

From BBC • Feb. 15, 2026

For several weeks José Arcadio Buendía let himself be overcome by consternation.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez