overbore
Americanverb
Example Sentences
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He was prominent in public life and overbore all opposition.
From Robert Toombs Statesman, Speaker, Soldier, Sage by Stovall, Pleasant A.
It rose and fell, faint and afar; the flutter of a moth’s wings against the greyish willow leaves overbore and silenced it.
From Bevis The Story of a Boy by Jefferies, Richard
He sparkled with irresistible enthusiasm, he overbore opposition.
From Stepsons of Light by Rhodes, Eugene Manlove
This sensitive feeling, preying upon one naturally susceptible, certainly tended little to his recovery, and even at times so overbore every other sentiment, that he regretted he had ever come abroad.
From A Rent In A Cloud 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.
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