overweigh

Example Sentences

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“I let my heart overweigh my gut,” said Collins.

From Washington Post • Nov. 2, 2015

Still, he believes that the benefits of cooperating with loggers overweigh its downsides.

From Scientific American • Oct. 15, 2014

“If passion doesn’t overweigh the rest, the end is extremely near,” he said.

From New York Times • Aug. 20, 2013

If the latter event had ever taken place, Wiley would have landed on his head, a part of him which seems to overweigh, though not to overbalance, his short, active frame.

From Time Magazine Archive

I beg permission to have a few witnesses examined concerning my character, and if their testimony shall not overweigh my supposed guilt, I must be condemned, although I would pledge my salvation on my innocence.”

From "Frankenstein" by Mary Shelley