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Sentence Examples He overcame dropping his serve in the opening game of the first set to break the Italian seventh seed twice to take the set. She tried to contain her agony as best she could but felt herself giving way to a series of small whimpers that overcame her shaking body. Gradually he overcame his natural shyness and established a rapport with his audience. The real Alison Hargreaves overcame everything thrown in her path, put up with the disappointments and still reached for the stars. I even turned to drinking once but overcame it with hard work and willpower. Italy and Portugal overcame tense games and red cards thanks largely to the veterans. An exhilarating mixture of fear, wonderment and primal curiosity overcame their usual normal response to such an occurrence. It was his team that overcame every concern from planners and heritage guardians to create a brand new alehouse in the ancient English tradition. But M.G. Anand conquered the illness, as he overcame a lame leg when he was just two years old. A tale with a bit of angelic intervention that overcame obstacles and touched the heart. Then, intense fear of abandonment and loneliness overcame him momentarily, but he was resolved to face his terror by remaining alone. The first lady never overcame her animus toward the Bushes and the feeling was heartily reciprocated. He overcame the initial seam movement, two perilously close lbw appeals and a few edgy moments before settling down into a dogged mode. This is how I discovered my real self and overcame my terror of loneliness, poverty, death and all other potential disasters. I overcame this problem by taking a tape measure with me, unpacking some curtains and measuring them against the known size of the window. Suddenly the solemnity of the occasion and the majesty of its setting overcame everyone and reverential silence descended. Inspired by the intrepid babushka, I overcame the inbred fear of Russian salesmen and requested that my order be warmed as well. Yet, it was not until 1783 that the Montgolfier brothers in France first overcame gravity in their hot-air balloon. A former British soldier and his German bride, who overcame prejudice in post-war Germany, were today celebrating 50 years of marriage. A helpful part of this section is an explicit description outlining how the program overcame obstacles and barriers to implementation. Show More Sentences Williams, bidding for her fifth Grand Slam title and her first since 2001, overcame five set points in the tiebreaker. In shedding the weight, equivalent to more than 40 bags of sugar, Christine overcame a sweet tooth, which saw her balloon to a 26 dress size. It was rather frightening, but she overcame the shivers that took to her and broke the silence. They overcame grinding poverty, tremendous distances on slow transportation with no travel budgets. In 130 BC the Romans overcame the Greeks and Greece became part of the Roman Empire. Germany sprang one of the greatest upsets in World Cup history in 1954 when they overcame Hungary, who had been unbeaten for four years. Common sense then overcame valour as Bill called the police who, in turn, contacted the local snake catcher who duly arrived with his equipment. She tried to get up but it was too hard, her head spun and the dizziness overcame her. In 1999, he overcame throat cancer, but in removing the tumor he lost his larynx and now speaks through a mechanical voice box. They overcame enormous odds right from the outset but eventually got crushed by weight of numbers. Drowsiness overcame her, and she crumpled to the floor, letting herself sink into dark oblivion. He overcame these and tackled his job with enthusiasm and flair that got results against all the odds. In this way, like superior steeplejacks, climbers overcame these gigantic cliffs, a voyage of discovery on an ocean of fear. It turned out to be a rewarding trip as they overcame the stiff challenge of their Wicklow opponents. Adriano soon wasted a chance but once Ghana overcame early stage fright they began to dominate. In the same period, English investors slowly overcame a long-standing suspicion of stockjobbers and the share markets. He overcame a mistake at the last fence of the 2002 Irish Grand National to beat the opposition. On that day he contracted original sin, while on this day he overcame all sin. His muscles began to give out as fatigue overcame him and he slowed, deciding to face his pursuers with little chance of outrunning them. I learned to cover my pains and overcame my poverty with hard work and a new hope for my future. Show More Sentences However, we successfully overcame this difficulty by the following two modifications. First, both leaders overcame their opponents by a small margin and assumed presidency at a relatively young age. The feeling of excitement overcame the nausea, and I was able to walk again. Mixed feelings overcame the young man and he searched for a reason why his biological mother would give him up. Closing his eyes, an overwhelming, nauseating, sick and dizzying feeling overcame him. Finally, I overcame my former urban aversion to outdoor clubs, and began joining weekend day hikes and bird walks. The soldiers from both sides quickly overcame the language barrier and communicated in a fashion more like a noisy game of charades. A gleeful, childlike look overcame her face and she bounded off towards the vending machine. She overcame his resistance, qualified with honours, and set up practice in London. He had nothing to live for, but somehow the human instinct for survival overcame all the odds. Bad information and bad guesses occasionally humbugged both, which they overcame by determination and the fighting qualities of their forces. A York couple who overcame the hurdle of cancer are now tackling another challenge in aid of a cerebral palsy charity. One day, their passions overcame them and they took off for her house, where they made passionate love all afternoon. The guerrillas overcame the physical defenses by rigging up an improvised multiple rocket launcher. God overcame our contextual differences and drew us together in deep communion. The flip side of Bob's obsession was a feeling of fury that overcame him when he hit a shot that didn't meet his expectations. He overcame the culture shock from the cosmopolitan, colourful world he saw there, and stayed for six years. Although candor is praised over craftiness, history shows that leaders who practiced deceit overcame those that lived by their pledges. Hours after the death of his wife, a top crown green bowler overcame his grief to claim an important victory in a famous tournament. In the process, furthermore, they consistently overcame schools with five or six times as many pupils on their books. Show More Sentences They overcame a six and a half-game margin in the final 13 games to pass Philadelphia. From the Millwall youth team, he overcame an 11-month injury and the scorn of fans who just couldn't see what the gangling teen had to offer. His last thought before the sweet deadness of sleep overcame him was that he had to be rescued quickly or else not at all. The win was in dramatic fashion as the Clan overcame a deficit and scored 21 fourth-quarter points. Adrenaline pumped through her blood as a dizzying rush of vertigo overcame her from looking down upon the streets far below. In my case, as a professional, my mothering instincts overcame my desire to become a high-flying business executive. Three-term Senator Pat Roberts overcame a legal challenge to stay on the ballot in Kansas's Republican primary on Monday. The Senate overcame procedural obstacles thrown up by Ted Cruz to pass a clean increase in the debt ceiling on Wednesday. Both major banana companies ultimately overcame the problem of Panama disease by planting banana varieties that had been cultivated for centuries in Southeast Asia. The grass waved around in the breeze and a few animals scurried away except for a rabbit, whose curiosity overcame it and it sniffed at the human. However, the suspect overcame the guard and fled the scene on a scooter. The first men to arrive at the top easily overcame the guard. He began to kiss down my neck and tingly sensations overcame my body. As a consequence, Libya gradually overcame its international isolation. A brilliant computer nerd overcame entrenched foes and now heads the firm. As they let themselves in, a feeling of pride overcame them. She closed her eyes, finding that her exhaustion easily overcame her fear. Incapable of reforming itself in the spirit of the new times, the decrepit empire sank into a deep economic and social crisis which it never overcame. He overcame this by designing a telescope based on a mirror. Once she overcame her shock, Esfandiari realized she was arrested because she was perceived as an agent provocateur. Show More Sentences She overcame them through conviction, self-confidence and indomitability. In the book, Matilda overcame her neglectful parents by teaching herself how to read Dickens and perform complicated math. The hunter eventually overcame his fear and stooped to examine the water. Comprised initially of mostly illiterate former slaves, they overcame their shortcomings and the army's initial tendency to supply them with cast-off equipment. Rather, the title was a tribute to Bhardwaj's dedication, the way she basically overcame physical and financial difficulty to stay on the beam, so to speak. At this stage in history, the merchant class, desperate for money to finance their adventures, struggled with the monopoly of the moneylenders and overcame it. After 10 years in an unsatisfying job she overcame her inertia and went back to school. It overcame adversity, worked hard, and came back even stronger. Sherwood was the backseat driver as Villa overcame Premier League Leicester in the fifth round. The dreadlocked destroyer plundered 34 points and Reggie Kirk weighed in with 22 as the Bullets overcame a difficult start. Birkie the greyhound was named Scottish Pet Survivor of the Year when he overcame being beaten, starved and thrown from a moving car. Jake on a snake Heronshaw overcame greenness in the 2m bumper to win by two and a quarter lengths for Henry Daly and Jake Greenall. It is difficult to patent a new screw thread, but with their help we overcame that problem and patented the system. Ahmed said in the report that other detainees had opened up to him and overcame their fear of imprisonment in Camp Bucca. Once, Usama bin Zaid overcame an enemy soldier in hand-to-hand combat. Handel overcame this challenge, but he spent large sums of his own money in doing so. It's admirable that Shelley overcame her handicap and excelled in her work. When I saw my house on fire, the flabbergast overcame me and I just stood and stared, too shocked to comprehend what I was seeing. In 83 BC, he returned to Rome, overcame all resistance, and recaptured the city. Ceawlin overcame pockets of resisting Britons to the northeast, in the Chilterns, Gloucestershire and Somerset. Show More Sentences Around the early 1990s new technology and more powerful machines overcame this problem. Tony Bennett, however, overcame the messy environment in an immaculate white suit and tie. Pakistan overcame a dismal start in the tournament to eventually defeat England by 22 runs in the final and emerge as winners. This book focuses on how his aspect on life changed after his injury woes, and how he overcame them. Waugh soon overcame his initial aversion to Lancing, settled in and established his reputation as an aesthete. He overcame his stablemate and conqueror in 2008, Denman, who had recovered from a heart condition to take his place in the race. The economy of Ukraine overcame the heavy crisis caused by armed conflict in southeast part of country. Justus partially overcame their scruples against work, and taught them that the black earth was rich in other produce than pignuts only. War broke out between the two empires, and the Huns overcame a weak Roman army to raze the cities of Margus, Singidunum and Viminacium. He overcame this by being personally involved in battle, in the manner of a Macedonian king. Aguateca was stormed by unknown enemies around 810 AD, who overcame its formidable defences and burned the royal palace. The Roman expansion brought the defeat of the Allobrogi in 121 BC and during the Gallic Wars in 58 BC Julius Caesar overcame the Helvetii. That record felt like ancient history as the Djokovic of 2011 overcame a slightly edgy start to take a stranglehold on the match. The pair are both MS sufferers but they overcame the constraints of the debilitating disease to complete a number of successful abseils. A wave of emotion overcame her when she thought about her son who was killed in battle. Boies recounts how he overcame those obstacles by compelling arguments. Rehan and colleagues overcame the lack of fossil evidence for bees with a technique called molecular phylogenetics. The show provides a vivid insight into how he overcame his spinal cord transection he was born with to become an athlete. Though a nonswimmer, he quickly overcame his fear of water for the sake of his game. Researchers overcame that by using genetically engineered vaccinia, a relative of the smallpox virus, which spreads more easily in cancer tumors. Show More Sentences However, the scientists overcame this by vaporising the manganese dioxide using an electron beam and then allowing the gaseous atoms to precipitate into thin, bendy films. She took out her German opponent 2-0 in the semi-final of her individual event and then overcame the IKU world ippon champion from Italy, again with a 2-0 margin. Unions slowly overcame the legal restrictions on the right to strike. The party atmosphere was a far cry from the gruelling 30-mile speed marches and demanding assault courses Pip, 27, overcame to succeed in the male-dominated Marines. Once again, Roman discipline overcame a larger barbarian force. The Cowboys fought off five game points in their 28-26 quarterfinal victory over Sylmar and then overcame a 7-2 deficit in the final to defeat Lancaster. She was saved from immediate sinking by the sighting of another German light cruiser, Ariadne, to which Beatty gave chase and again quickly overcame. He began large scale famine relief, reduced taxes, and overcame bureaucratic obstacles in an effort to reduce both starvation and widespread social unrest. Proctor and Gamble overcame Oddfellows by 49 runs in Division Four. Offaly 2-15 Westmeath 1-10 OFFALY overcame the concession of a goal after just ten seconds to gradually overcome Westmeath at O'Connor Park last night. Well done also to Upton AA Reserves who secured their place in the Chester Challenge Cup nal after they overcame Blacon istle 4-1 after extra-time. But she overcame her problems with the help of the Irish twins, who were finalists on the hit ITV show in 2009, and has even managed to go to a concert for the first time. Al-Ahly beat low-ranked team Al-Raga'a on Thursday by 1-0, while Al-Zamalek overcame Haras Al-Hodood by the same score line in the quarterfinals of the Egypt Cup. Examples from Classical Literature I had never been in a place like this before, and the horror of its surroundings overcame me. Dione, old as she was, overcame her fear of perils by land and sea, and resolved to follow her young mistress into Persia. Slowly a luxurious sense of weariness overcame her and again she leaned back on her pillow and sank into a semiconscious sleep. It was while he was examining these rotted beams that insensibility overcame him. Here the excruciating anguish of the father, overcame that of the dying man. The unpassable danger of last night was only difficulty in the morning, and shakily and in fear he overcame it. Thus the other woman in her tempted and overcame her, and drew her on from day to day. Her interest in the disease overcame her disgust at the foulness of the revelation. It had carried an alien note that overcame him with instinctive fear and horror. Again concealing the weapon within his doublet, a sudden realisation of the necessity for speed overcame the assaulter. He was about to let her carry out her threat if she saw fit when his cupidity overcame him. And in that hour the joy of these two who were so fond of each other overcame all their sorrow. But at last, the narcosis of cellular exhaustion completely overcame him and he slept. He nearly overcame me after he had slain nef, the son of Ponda, and had rent him in pieces. But still Paula's eyes were dry as she turned them heavenwards, and she overcame her love for her children by her love for God. For the other nations whom Ninus overcame, did not then worship other gods. It sagged upon the hinges, but, well-used to its vagaries, she overcame it with a regardless haste. The urgency of the business in hand overcame the Sabbatarian scruples of the people. But a second command, accompanied by a vigorous oath, overcame his hesitation. That they stank so abominably they overcame whole armies just with their smell. Show More Sentences But he overcame the impulsion, and waited to face what might be a danger the more. Her despair overcame her usual reticence, and she vehemently complained that God had deserted the sons of Saint-Louis. At the same time he overcame part of your inertia, for he made you move a little. I overcame the natural repugnance that I had to them, and ingratiated myself with them. Life was a struggle for existence, and the strong overcame the weak, and in turn were overcome by the strongest. He might have learnt Less overweening, since he failed in Job, Whose constant perseverance overcame Whate'er his cruel malice could invent. Among the colporteur's arguments, however, was one that overcame him. The contemplation of the infirm and lonely steed overcame him. Ewing followed, and between them they fought and overcame the fire. In boxing I overcame Clytomedes son of Enops, and in wrestling, Ancaeus of Pleuron who had come forward against me. Working separately, the trio overcame a presumed limit on optical enlargement, theorised in 1873 by microscopist Ernst Abbe. This overcame the dangerous teetering balance, and the mare struck the ground on her feet again. If Michael were stronger and overcame my party, there would be an end. But languor at last overcame her, and she fell into gentle slumber. Dread overcame him as he felt the limpness of the older man's body. The marquetry worker in the end overcame this and drove these pillars out. Gascoigne overcame this difficulty by his invention of the micrometer. Anxious to know the worst, and willing, in such an emergency, to try the potency of gold he overcame his reluctance to speak to Magua. Wopsle's great-aunt successfully overcame that bad habit of living, so highly desirable to be got rid of by some people. Remorse, and a vague sense that there was something base in her attitude towards him, overcame her. Show More Sentences Under Ted Wilson, Voluptuary overcame the Aintree obstacles despite having never previously jumped fences in public. When Whiteman seemed to fail fate overcame me in the form of an indian. Owned by Godolphin, the son of Tapit overcame a wide trip to finish a closing fourth to American Pharoah in the Kentucky Derby. Then they bound him with stout hempen cords so that he could not move either hand or foot, and thus they overcame him. They overcame him by certain sacrifices suggested by Prajapati. The confidence she felt in her own powers of exposition was a motive force that overcame all resistance. Facile natures, whose emotions have little permanence, can hardly understand how much inward resistance he overcame before he rose from his seat and turned towards Arthur. The gruff tones of Hugo's voice, with an occasional shout when his feelings overcame him, were very impressive, and the audience applauded the moment he paused for breath. The youngsters make their bow in the tournament on Monday night against the giant-killers who overcame Macclesfield Town to earn a night out at Goodison Park. That was what really overcame me, what prevented my going in. A general sentiment of pity overcame the virulence of religious hatred. The desire to say words overcame him and he said words without meaning, rolling them over on his tongue and saying them because they were brave words, full of meaning. The unexpectedness of this misfire positively overcame his faculties. Find more words! 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