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

He looked soldierly; but the soldier in him did not really very much overbear the demeanour of the quiet, ordinary gentleman.

From The Dictator by McCarthy, Justin

If pruned the same, the grafted vines may overbear and quickly exhaust themselves.

From Manual of American Grape-Growing by Hedrick, U. P.

Great as is the weight of the aggregate vote in these henceforth compacted cities, the vote of the State will always overbear it.

From Opening Ceremonies of the New York and Brooklyn Bridge, May 24, 1883 by Kingsley, William C.