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
If pruned the same, the grafted vines may overbear and quickly exhaust themselves.
From Manual of American Grape-Growing by Hedrick, U. P.
He was, above all things, a singularly just man, who recognised every one’s rights, and did not seek to overbear them by an exercise of authority.
From Studies in Contemporary Biography by Bryce, James Bryce, Viscount
Many varieties are prone to overbear, and trees of large size have produced enormous crops of fruit, whereas young trees frequently break down under the weight of their crop.
From Fruits of Queensland by Benson, Albert H.
Don’t bring up any overbearing behavior like, “You message me too much,” as they will probably get defensive.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 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
Six years after the COVID-19 pandemic ravaged the world and put society on the fast track for self-destruction, the metaphor initially feels overbearing, another indication that Spielberg is laying it on too thick.
From Salon ● Jun. 13, 2026
Some of the people who get in trouble with the law have incredibly controlling mothers, she said, leading her to a theory that wildly overbearing parenting could even play a role in delinquent behavior.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026
I imagine he’s one of those overbearing parents who makes you ask to be excused, and only after you’ve finished all your peas and carrots.
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
The discussion grew warm between us; the more, as I was alone in my opinion, and assailed by several who overbore me with loud speaking.
From Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume II by Lever, Charles James
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 Grier, Sydney C.
He overbore her, because in such a matter she could not command him.
From The Sea Bride by Williams, Ben Ames
He knew it was simply unpardonable, according to the rigid decorums of their code of manners, but the impetuosity of his joy overbore him, and he bent down and kissed her lips.
From The Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains by Murfree, Mary Noailles
He was prominent in public life and overbore all opposition.
From Robert Toombs Statesman, Speaker, Soldier, Sage by Stovall, Pleasant A.
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
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
The resolve fixed in this memorable crisis of my captivity, though severely tested, was never wholly overborne.
From The Captive in Patagonia by Bourne, Benjamin Franklin
