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
Neither frame nor features bespoke the haughty spirit and dauntless will that enabled him at times to turn the current of events and overbear the decisions of Lords Lieutenant.
From William Pitt and the Great War by John Holland Rose
The novice, however, is likely to permit his vines to overbear with the result that the crop is cast, or the berries rattle, or the fruit turns sour before ripening.
From Manual of American Grape-Growing by U. P. Hedrick
The tendency of Elvira to crack and overbear influenced the originator of that variety, Jacob Rommel, Morrison, Missouri, to try for a grape without these faults, and the result was Etta from seed of Elvira.
From Manual of American Grape-Growing by U. P. Hedrick
Wagner, the founder of computer-education company 1010 Technologies, says his original design was a joke—more of a commentary on overbearing managers than a cover for lazy employees.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
As talented figure skater Gennifer Harwood, Panettiere faithfully portrayed the evolution of friendships — especially for young women — in highly competitive sports and the tension between young athletes and their well-intended, but overbearing parents.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
News coverage and dinner-party conversation often focus on the micromanaging or overbearing boss.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 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
Wasn't quite midday so the heat wasn’t overbearing and there weren’t no heat waves across the fields io make the eye see things funny.
From "Life Is So Good" by George Dawson
"Sewell, what are you drinking?" cried Cave, with a loudness that overbore the talk around him.
From Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume I. by Charles James Lever
It rose and fell, faint and afar; the flutter of a moth’s wings against the greyish willow leaves overbore and silenced it.
From Bevis The Story of a Boy by Richard Jefferies
There was a bold rough energy, a daring go-ahead spirit, that overbore him wherever he went.
From One Of Them by Charles James Lever
My assurance of success was so strong that it overbore every other consideration.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 93, July, 1865 by Various
So convinced was Colonel Antony of the righteousness of Sher Singh's cause that for once he overbore the opposition of his Durbar.
From The Path to Honour by Sydney C. Grier
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
They were not overborne by the implications of Communist military power.
From Time Magazine Archive
But Rains was all but overborne by the wooden acting of Hollywood Starlet Marisa Pavan.
From Time Magazine Archive
Charles Cherry is the over-bearing husband who is finally overborne.
From Time Magazine Archive
For the now thoroughly frightened cows started forward in a rush that would have overborne any animal foolish enough to try to stem it.
From The Radio Boys Rescue the Lost Alaska Expedition by Gerald Breckenridge
