How to Use overcome in a Sentence

overcome

verb
  • She overcame a leg injury and is back running again.
  • After a tough battle, they overcame the enemy.
  • The chasm could be too much to overcome.
    — Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 4 Feb. 2026
  • Now there is too much to overcome.
    — Eric Stephens, New York Times, 2 Mar. 2026
  • How can the Chiefs overcome that?
    — Sam McDowell 21, Kansas City Star, 21 Jan. 2026
  • Some had to be carried out when grief overcame them.
    — Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 4 Oct. 2025
  • No team has ever overcome a deficit that large.
    — Ian O'Connor, New York Times, 28 Sep. 2025
  • Lucas was such a great young man and had overcome so much.
    — Raven Brunner, PEOPLE, 4 Jan. 2026
  • Then they were overcome with desire to hit the ice.
    — Kayla Hayempour, NBC news, 22 Feb. 2026
  • But there was still a huge challenge that had to be overcome.
    — Stephen Ornes, Quanta Magazine, 17 Mar. 2025
  • Many of those athletes have overcome fears to try out for a team.
    — New York Times, 27 June 2022
  • The sense of madness can be overcome.
    — Walden Green, Pitchfork, 13 Apr. 2026
  • There was just no way of getting around it and too much to overcome.
    — Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2023
  • Each episode has a unique challenge which the team works to overcome.
    — Connor Merrihew, HollywoodReporter, 6 Aug. 2025
  • There are not enough words in the world to overcome what that man endured here.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 20 Jan. 2023
  • There are more hurdles to overcome.
    — Lauren Uppal, Mercury News, 22 Sep. 2025
  • This is our moment to meet and overcome the challenges of our time.
    — Marina Pitofsky, USA TODAY, 2 Mar. 2022
  • But this year’s Tigers still have issues to overcome.
    — Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Miami overcame a big deficit at the free throw line.
    — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2026
  • But there are a few trials that the former padawan must first overcome.
    — Emlyn Travis, EW.com, 7 Apr. 2023
  • This isn't the first health challenge that Robach has overcome.
    — Joelle Goldstein, PEOPLE.com, 20 Jan. 2022
  • At one, he’d been overcome by the powerful urge to roam.
    — Literary Hub, 12 May 2026
  • Bravely overcoming one small fear gives you the courage to take on the next.
    — Edward Segarra, USA Today, 4 July 2025
  • Milan have overcome a seven-point deficit in the past.
    — Phil Hay, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2026
  • The threshold used to be even harder to overcome.
    — Bart Jansen, USA Today, 31 Oct. 2025
  • Drury, sitting at his stall, was overcome by an avalanche of emotions.
    — Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Even high heat won't be able to overcome excess moisture.
    — Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 15 May 2026
  • This means the team knows the struggle, the red tape and also how to overcome them.
    — Georgann Yara, The Arizona Republic, 11 Nov. 2022
  • She’s grown a lot, learned a lot about herself and overcome so many struggles.
    — Mckinley Franklin, HollywoodReporter, 23 May 2026
  • But the project had to overcome concerns from some about the risk of battery fires.
    — Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Mar. 2026

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