How to Use overcome in a Sentence

overcome

verb
  • She overcame a leg injury and is back running again.
  • After a tough battle, they overcame the enemy.
  • But the half dozen turnovers proved too much to overcome.
    — Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Oct. 2023
  • Still, the sting of Garcia's lies was hard for Gay, 49, to overcome.
    — Dave Quinn, Peoplemag, 23 Jan. 2024
  • This means the team knows the struggle, the red tape and also how to overcome them.
    — Georgann Yara, The Arizona Republic, 11 Nov. 2022
  • Those are problems in the scene, but they can be overcome.
    — Katie Bain, Billboard, 9 June 2023
  • The Eagles are the only team that has been able to overcome that.
    — Daniel Kohn, SPIN, 7 Sep. 2022
  • There are not enough words in the world to overcome what that man endured here.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 20 Jan. 2023
  • The Ducks will have to overcome a 49-3 loss to Georgia in their opener.
    — Ralph D. Russo, ajc, 2 Nov. 2022
  • The Ducks would have to overcome a 49-3 loss to Georgia in their opener.
    — Ralph D. Russo, Chicago Tribune, 2 Nov. 2022
  • There was just no way of getting around it and too much to overcome.
    — Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2023
  • Many of those athletes have overcome fears to try out for a team.
    — New York Times, 27 June 2022
  • At the same time, the Clippers have to overcome being … well … the Clippers.
    — Zach Harper, New York Times, 2 May 2025
  • Here are some tips on how to overcome both of these hurdles.
    — Emma Fox, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2023
  • But there was still a huge challenge that had to be overcome.
    — Stephen Ornes, Quanta Magazine, 17 Mar. 2025
  • The crowd rose to its feet as Hadzic, overcome with emotion, stepped away from the lectern.
    — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 23 May 2024
  • The Cubs couldn’t overcome the home run barrage in an 11-1 blowout loss at Target Field.
    — Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 13 May 2023
  • San Diego Wave coach Casey Stoney said the team’s first-half lapses were too much to overcome.
    — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Sep. 2023
  • To advance, Sporting must overcome a 1-0 deficit from the first leg.
    — Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 23 Feb. 2025
  • Yet there’s a central tension in the film that Covenant can’t quite overcome.
    — James Grebey, TIME, 16 Aug. 2024
  • The Rangers overcame an early deficit and never looked back.
    — Jenna Malinowski, Detroit Free Press, 10 June 2023
  • Still, Landry will have to overcome a host of other contenders to win.
    — Geoffrey Skelley, ABC News, 12 Oct. 2023
  • But the Royals should now have the necessary depth to overcome such absences through the course of 162 games.
    — Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 22 Jan. 2024
  • But there are a few trials that the former padawan must first overcome.
    — Emlyn Travis, EW.com, 7 Apr. 2023
  • There are ways to overcome those pesky emotions though.
    — Becca Stanek, The Week, 27 Apr. 2023
  • The Muleriders should be able to overcome the long trip to Weatherford and move to 2-0.
    — Rex Nelson, Arkansas Online, 7 Sep. 2022
  • Sununu has also called on the field to shrink as the main means to overcome Trump in a primary.
    — Natasha Korecki, NBC News, 20 Oct. 2023
  • Looking back on that day, Cooper once again returns to the idea that the film forced him to overcome his doubts.
    — Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Dec. 2023
  • But the Knicks took the first two games of the series in Boston, overcoming 20-point deficits late in the second-half both times to transform the outlook of the series.
    — Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 17 May 2025
  • Players utilize a set of common rules -- that can be altered by the game master -- and dice to overcome obstacles as the group works to collaboratively tell a story.
    — Remington Miller, Arkansas Online, 16 May 2025

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