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

Half the persistent opposition of the brace of Adamses to British legislation was inspired by the commanding position of a few families in Boston—the Hutchinsons and Olivers, who "will rule and overbear in all things."

From Beginnings of the American People by Dodd, William E.

He was the finest-tempered, most generous creature in the world, where no attempt to overbear interfered; but any show of offensive superiority would make a tiger of him.

From Tony Butler by Lever, Charles James

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.