overbear
Example Sentences
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I know that it is easy to overbear a person’s mind if you continuously barrage them with questions and accuse them.
From New York Times • Nov. 25, 2011
But just because Karl Malden won't be brought to overbear on this doesn't mean Amex considers it unimportant.
From Time Magazine Archive
Cannot I fashion forth Another world, another universe, To overbear and crumble this to nought?
From Keats: Poems Published in 1820 by Robertson, M. (Margaret)
He was angry, but he would never more attempt to overbear me with grand threats.
From The O'Ruddy A Romance by Williams, C. D. (Charles D.)
Most all bear heavily, in fact usually overbear.
From Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Thirty-Seventh Annual Report Wooster, Ohio, September 3, 4, 5, 1946 by Northern Nut Growers Association
