How to Use overcome in a Sentence

overcome

verb

• She overcame a leg injury and is back running again.
• After a tough battle, they overcame the enemy.
• But the half dozen turnovers proved too much to overcome.
  — Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Oct. 2023
• Still, the sting of Garcia's lies was hard for Gay, 49, to overcome.
  — Dave Quinn, Peoplemag, 23 Jan. 2024
• This means the team knows the struggle, the red tape and also how to overcome them.
  — Georgann Yara, The Arizona Republic, 11 Nov. 2022
• Those are problems in the scene, but they can be overcome.
  — Katie Bain, Billboard, 9 June 2023
• There are not enough words in the world to overcome what that man endured here.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 20 Jan. 2023
• The Ducks will have to overcome a 49-3 loss to Georgia in their opener.
  — Ralph D. Russo, ajc, 2 Nov. 2022
• The Ducks would have to overcome a 49-3 loss to Georgia in their opener.
  — Ralph D. Russo, Chicago Tribune, 2 Nov. 2022
• There was just no way of getting around it and too much to overcome.
  — Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2023
• Here are some tips on how to overcome both of these hurdles.
  — Emma Fox, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2023
• The crowd rose to its feet as Hadzic, overcome with emotion, stepped away from the lectern.
  — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 23 May 2024
• The Cubs couldn’t overcome the home run barrage in an 11-1 blowout loss at Target Field.
  — Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 13 May 2023
• San Diego Wave coach Casey Stoney said the team’s first-half lapses were too much to overcome.
  — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Sep. 2023
• Yet there’s a central tension in the film that Covenant can’t quite overcome.
  — James Grebey, TIME, 16 Aug. 2024
• The Rangers overcame an early deficit and never looked back.
  — Jenna Malinowski, Detroit Free Press, 10 June 2023
• Still, Landry will have to overcome a host of other contenders to win.
  — Geoffrey Skelley, ABC News, 12 Oct. 2023
• But the Royals should now have the necessary depth to overcome such absences through the course of 162 games.
  — Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 22 Jan. 2024
• But there are a few trials that the former padawan must first overcome.
  — Emlyn Travis, EW.com, 7 Apr. 2023
• There are ways to overcome those pesky emotions though.
  — Becca Stanek, The Week, 27 Apr. 2023
• Sununu has also called on the field to shrink as the main means to overcome Trump in a primary.
  — Natasha Korecki, NBC News, 20 Oct. 2023
• Looking back on that day, Cooper once again returns to the idea that the film forced him to overcome his doubts.
  — Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Dec. 2023
• By the end, though, the voice of the announcer seemed overcome by what sounded a little like awe.
  — Rory Smith, New York Times, 24 Apr. 2024
• Djokovic, overcome with emotion, went back to his bench, put his head in a white towel and cried.
  — Sean Gregory / Paris, TIME, 4 Aug. 2024
• Rice was fouled and missed the first but made the second for a four-point margin that Butler’s deep 3 couldn’t overcome.
  — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Jan. 2024
• The Jets began last year 7-4, but Zach Wilson proved to be too heavy of an anchor for the rest of the offense to overcome.
  — Michael Middlehurst-Schwartz, USA TODAY, 3 June 2023
• Even if able to overcome the gray area shops, New York faces a range of hurdles that have tripped up other states.
  — Andrew Ward, Rolling Stone, 29 Sep. 2022
• The new train – the first nonstop service on the route – has had to overcome some hefty obstacles.
  — Caolán Magee, CNN, 20 Mar. 2023
• In the end Rebuilding gives us faith and hope for the human race and its ability to overcome in the face of the worst life can throw at us.
  — Pete Hammond, Deadline, 26 Jan. 2025
• One day the following year, Cameron was home with Leah when Melissa was overcome with a feeling that something was wrong.
  — Angela Andaloro, People.com, 28 Jan. 2025

Last Updated: 14 Feb 2025