Example Sentences

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When you announced the book, you posted a video talking about how you were overcoming insecurities around not finishing high school and feeling like a ninth grader hiding in the bathroom again.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 2, 2021

We were overcoming the suspicions that a history of invasion, territorial loss and imperial intent had bequeathed.

From New York Times • Oct. 20, 2018

Dr. Bannister, who died March 3 at age 88, became a national hero at a time when mavericks around the world were overcoming the long-perceived physical boundaries of man and nature.

From Washington Post • Mar. 4, 2018

The Raiders were overcoming three turnovers to rally from a 14-point deficit to tie it on the road with 75 seconds remaining.

From Washington Times • Nov. 8, 2015

As lunch progressed, the woman began almost to chatter, as though she were overcoming her shyness, or forcing herself to.

From "The Great Gilly Hopkins" by Katherine Paterson