overbear
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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
The forbidding faces are Fates to overbear and blemish true fellowship.
From Transcendentalism in New England A History by Octavius Brooks Frothingham
Nordheim, however, who was attracted by the boldness of the scheme, contrived to overbear all opposition and to have his own way.
From The Alpine Fay A Romance by Elisabeth Buerstenbinder (AKA E. Werner)
They are not very large; beautiful in color; have a tendency to overbear and grow in clusters.
From The Apple by Various
François-Pierre Couture’s scenic design is mesmerizing without ever being overbearing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
Oftentimes these seemingly overbearing monitoring has nothing to do with how much someone trusts us.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 1, 2026
It said the installation harmed a neighbouring property because of its "overbearing scale, oppressive sense of enclosure and stark industrial appearance".
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026
In most of these, we can see the mother-son dynamic, however frustrating or overbearing or dysfunctional, play out.
From Salon ● Jun. 4, 2026
Even at the best of times, Tefu was a difficult fellow: dyspeptic, argumentative, overbearing.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
He sparkled with irresistible enthusiasm, he overbore opposition.
From Stepsons of Light by Eugene Manlove Rhodes
It created anew a solidarity of interest between them all, which was felt by all with an intensity which overbore every other sentiment.
From The Negro and the Nation A History of American Slavery and Enfranchisement by George Spring Merriam
He understood better than any man how to deal with the king, and overbore not only the king's own prejudices but the machinations of the Duke of Cumberland with masterly resolution.
From The Political History of England - Vol XI From Addington's Administration to the close of William IV.'s Reign (1801-1837) by George C. (George Charles) Brodrick
His sense of public duty, however, overbore all personal considerations, and he set sail on the 16th of March, 1775, and died off Gloucester, Massachusetts, on the 26th of April.
From The Loyalists of Massachusetts And the Other Side of the American Revolution by James H. Stark
He was prominent in public life and overbore all opposition.
From Robert Toombs Statesman, Speaker, Soldier, Sage by Pleasant A. Stovall
Watts was "obsessed" with Sansom, but it was not a case of "one person's will being overborne by another", the judge added.
From BBC ● Jan. 30, 2025
Charles Cherry is the over-bearing husband who is finally overborne.
From Time Magazine Archive
But Rains was all but overborne by the wooden acting of Hollywood Starlet Marisa Pavan.
From Time Magazine Archive
They were not overborne by the implications of Communist military power.
From Time Magazine Archive
The first sign of involuntary twitchings should be taken to mean that the children are overborne and a period of rest from anxiety and study and over-exercise should be afforded them.
From Psychotherapy by James J. (James Joseph) Walsh
