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
Half the persistent opposition of the brace of Adamses to British legislation was inspired by the commanding position of a few families in Boston—the Hutchinsons and Olivers, who "will rule and overbear in all things."
From Beginnings of the American People by Dodd, William E.
The forbidding faces are Fates to overbear and blemish true fellowship.
From Transcendentalism in New England A History by Frothingham, Octavius Brooks
It is apt to overbear, break in pieces, and become almost worthless.
From The Apple by Various
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
