Sentence example with the word 'overbear'

overbear

Definition v. overcome

Last update: November 3, 2015


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Some of them lay the blame on the papacy; and it is true that the papacy had contributed towards the decay of the Crusades when it had allowed its own particular interests to overbear the general welfare of Christianity, and had dignified with the name and the benefits of a Crusade its own political war against the Hohenstaufen.   [Please select]

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In New England the Puritans were supreme, notwithstanding the efforts of the crown to overbear their authority.   [Please select]

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But that I trust I shall find the means of saving Rowena and thee, Athelstane, and thee also, my poor Wamba, thou shouldst not overbear me in this matter.   [Please select]

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Perhaps you may see her, alertly skulking among the underbrush, still uttering that tender, persuasive cry, so faint that the chirp of a cricket might overbear it.   [Please select]

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