Example Sentences

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To gain the assent of most of the States to a convention was surmounting only the least of the difficulties.

From James Madison by Gay, Sydney Howard

The big, up-to-date car which Colonel Menendez had placed at our disposal was surmounting a steep Surrey lane as though no gradient had existed.

From Bat Wing by Rohmer, Sax

The most difficult part of their journey was surmounting the range, when even Mrs Berrington preferred climbing up on foot to remaining in the dray.

From The Young Berringtons The Boy Explorers by Kingston, William Henry Giles