be overcome
Example Sentences
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Chances are you’d either be overcome with stress or go on an optimization kick, attempting to do everything you could to move the needle on that number so you didn’t feel like a bad parent.
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026
Alicia Nudelman, an Israeli volunteer who is part of Harani’s group, said she has witnessed how anti-Christian prejudices can be overcome.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
While pouring sand from one container to another, Chakraborty appears to be overcome with dust.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2026
Those can be overcome with Starship, a mega-rocket that SpaceX said can carry more than four times as much payload to low-Earth orbit as the Falcon 9.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 10, 2026
When would sickness and death be overcome by science?
From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs
