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Sentence Examples
Now, one of the explanations that she gave is that he overbore her and forced her into making some of these admissions.
Despite Canning's antipathy to the congress system, Wellington himself overbore George IV's personal objections to him, believing that the system was by now unshakably established.
Though the presence of Hannibal in Italy deterred Fabius and other senators from sanctioning this policy, Scipio gradually overbore all resistance.
Examples from Classical Literature
It was his love that urged him on, his love that overbore his scruples, his gravest apprehensions.
What had I said to Mrs Steelyard, when she overbore me so, upon an empty stomach?
These are the fellows who outflouted and overbore us at the Inn of the Coronation.
He sparkled with irresistible enthusiasm, he overbore opposition.
Again charging, he overbore him to the floor, but failed to hold him.
It was in defense of his ideas of justice that he overbore opposition.
This so tickled Long Jack that he overbore Tom Platt, and the two went out together.
Nesta and Victor overbore Nataly's objections to the lover's generosity.
That overbore all other things, had turned our last hour to anguish.
