overcome
verb (used with object)
was overcoming
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past progressiveof overcome.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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But he noted that attendance was in line with what other opera houses across the country were seeing these days, and that there were signs that the company was overcoming its recent setbacks.
From New York Times ● May 12, 2023
Luxembourg's prime minister, Xavier Bettel, spoke against financing walls, saying Europe's heritage was overcoming divisions after World War Two and eventually creating a 27-country zone where travellers can cross borders without checks.
From Reuters ● Feb. 9, 2023
In Kayunga district, the headquarters of a widening larvae farming program in central Uganda, an early challenge was overcoming farmers’ skepticism about the viability of maggots.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 18, 2022
"I tried tapping the window and shouting but the heat was overcoming me and, because of my health, I hadn't got the strength to be able to do anything. "
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2014
Then he fought back the growing faintness that was overcoming him.
From Jack of the Pony Express by Frank V. Webster
