overborne
Americanadjective
verb
Etymology
Origin of overborne
First recorded in 1605–15
Example Sentences
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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
The Red Hat sect, which allows its lamas to marry, was gradually overborne by the celibate Yellow Hat sect.
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
So, presently, the knights who were returning from the tournament, discomfited and overborne, met him who had carried off all the prizes of the game.
From Aucassin & Nicolette And Other Mediaeval Romances and Legends by Eugene Mason
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