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
Neither frame nor features bespoke the haughty spirit and dauntless will that enabled him at times to turn the current of events and overbear the decisions of Lords Lieutenant.
From William Pitt and the Great War by Rose, John Holland
Perhaps you may see her, alertly skulking among the underbrush, still uttering that tender, persuasive cry, so faint that the chirp of a cricket might overbear it.
From In New England Fields and Woods by Robinson, Rowland E. (Evans)
Calm, cool, firm self-possession seemed to overbear all other feelings.
From Blue Lights Hot Work in the Soudan by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
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