A Lapp sleeps wherever fatigue or drunkenness overcomes him, preferring the ground, but often lying on the snow.
But intelligent farming overcomes heavy drawbacks; and there are large tracts of land in Sweden that are rendered quite remunerative through the adoption of modern methods of cultivation.
Only he who has a co-ordinated understanding of both the visible and the invisible, of matter and spirit, of activity and that which is behind activity, conquers Nature and thus overcomes death.
When a man can identify himself with his undying nature, which is one with God, then he overcomes death.
A low-born man who treats a Brahman disrespectfully, or who even overcomes him in argument, must fast all day and fall prostrate before him.
For in proportion as love overcomes malice, pain ceases, and in proportion as malice overcomes love, pain ceases.
Several varieties of head and face presentations may also retard labor considerably, but Nature nearly always overcomes the difficulty; or if she cannot do so mere ordinary assistance is required.
The descent of one arm along with the head may cause some delay and difficulty, but Nature nearly always overcomes the impediment.
When Siegfried slays the Dragon, when Light overcomes Darkness, this hoard is his booty, and he becomes master of the Nibelungs.
By means of his own colossal strength and his hiding hood, Siegfried, standing invisibly at the side of Gunther, overcomes Brünhild.
A swelling tide of self-pity suddenly storms the banks which have hitherto held her and finally overcomes her instincts for decency and righteousness, as well as the habit of clean living, established by generations of her forebears.
The first removes the guilt, the latter removes the filth of sin, and both are done by faith, which is our victory over the world, and this is the way how faith overcomes the world by the water and blood.
It is sufficient to state here that Eucken considers Christianity superior to all other religions by virtue of the fact that it overcomes the world, not by fleeing from it, but by transforming it.
Mankind has striven after truth, and has discovered something that is beyond the opinions of individuals, that does not serve his own petty interests, but overcomes them and reaches out after truths which are valid and good for all.
Time, because it overcomes Time by entering into it.
The Eternal thus enters into Time and overcomes Time.
It comforts the body and keeps its members whole; it overcomes envy and treachery, and it drives away fear.
It gives a man praise and good health, it stanches the flow of blood, it overcomes poison and treachery.
The oil is particularly serviceable at this period, as it is better absorbed, and at the same time overcomes any dryness of the skin which often follows washing.
Oil has not only a cleansing action upon the scalp, but it also overcomes any rough or uneven state of the hair, and gives it a soft and glossy appearance.
The silence of Space stifles me, and the loneliness of the ether oppresses and overcomes me strangely.
Verhaeren's enthusiasm for what is new overcomes the resistance of reverence for tradition.
But that is the great thing in Verhaeren, that he alwaysovercomes whatever is hostile, pain and torment, by a great vista, that in this panting steam of the unæsthetic he already sees the flame of the new beauty.
The Kalevide overcomes the demon in hurling and wrestling.
The Kalevide overcomes Sarvik in a wrestling match, and loads him with chains.
His lion's skin may denote the tawny cloud which the sun trails behind him as he fights his way through the vapors that he overcomes (Cox).
But now Siegfried, forgetful of the past, struggles for another with his own dear wife, overcomes her, and wrests the Ring from her.
He is avenged by his son Horus, who, with the aid of Thoth (reason), temporarily overcomes Seth.
His love overcomes my heart; nay, my cup runs over; glory be to His Name forever.
This Ramsey overcomes by the location of his crank shaft.
If the equilibrium of an airship is disturbed to an extent which completely overcomes the center of gravity it falls according to the location of the displacement.
He knows that in rounding curves rapidly there is a marked tendency to change the direction of the motion which will result in an upset unless he overcomes it by an inclination of his body in an opposite direction.
No matter how powerful the engine may be unless the propeller thrust more than overcomes the wind pressure there can be no progress forward.
She said to me, "That which overcomes thee is a power from which naught defends itself.
Here my memory overcomes my genius, for that Cross was flashing forth Christ, so that I know not to find worthy comparison.
Lady Glencora overcomesthat trouble, and is brought, partly by her own sense of right and wrong, and partly by the genuine nobility of her husband's conduct, to attach herself to him after a certain fashion.
But the feeling that she is bound by her troth to the man who had always been true to her overcomes everything,--and she marries the tailor.
The law of love reaches down, rules, and overcomes adverse laws which are below itself.
The very desire to grow is a challenge to the elements that seem to oppose growth, but the plant overcomes all obstacles by its non-resistance, and herein lies one of our most valuable lessons.
Father and son reveal an overcoming of limitation; Telemachus overcomes his limit of ignorance, Ulysses overcomes his limit of negation--the one by the instruction of the wise, the other by the experience of life.
Yet be overcomes both these negative attitudes in himself and becomes reconciled.
Yet if Ulysses doubts, he always overcomes his doubt in the end; he sees the positive element in the world to be deeper than the negative one, after a little access of weakness.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "overcomes" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
