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

“Then you did overbear us,” said the ruffian Cobb; “it won’t do to trust him.”

From My First Voyage to Southern Seas by Pearse, Alfred

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 Hedrick, U. P.