The great difficulty was in suddenly overcoming the inertia of so large a mass, for once in motion, it was easy to cause the scow to skim the water with all the necessary speed.
There may not be any cowardyce in overcoming a deer, but sartain it is, there's no great valor.
In very much the same way, the overcoming of the mechanical difficulties of writing and the drilling of the child to form his letters in a uniform style received the chief share of the school-time devoted to the subject.
Patients over forty years of age have greater difficulty in overcoming the infection than younger adults.
It has not proved so useful in acute inflammation as passive hyperæmia, but is of great value in hastening the absorption of inflammatory products and in overcoming adhesions and stiffness in tendons and joints.
If the "Old School" methods of treatment were not successful in relieving simple constipation, what else can they be expected to cure, since the overcoming of constipation is evidently the primary necessity for any other improvement?
They do this by overcoming and paralyzing the power of the blood to dissolve and carry in solution uric acid and other acids and alkaloids that should be eliminated from the organism.
In this manner you may give the subconscious mind suggestions and impressions for overcoming bad habits and for establishing and strengthening good habits.
He returned to his deanery at the death of Queen Anne with two love affairs upon his hands, but with the stern resolution of encouraging neither, and overcoming both.
The death of the count being known, the forces of the church, which had already assembled in Perugia, conceived hopes of overcoming the Florentines, and encamped upon the lake, within three miles of the enemy.
These families were at the time full of hatred against each other, and each thought to obtain the sovereignty of the republic by overcoming his enemy.
I resolved on overcoming her by an almost infallible method.
I thanked him for having presented me to the fair marchioness, telling him that I was quite in love with her and in hopes of overcoming her scruples.
The overcoming of the enemies of Israel, the spoiling of these nations which spoiled Israel, and all that is connected with it by the sent One of God, the Son of God will be the evidence for Israel that Jehovah has sent Him.
When Messiah comes we shall know Him by what He does for us in overcoming our enemies.
After a short pause, which corresponds to the overcoming of a resistance, she reports further that the day before she had made a visit to a friend, of whom she is really jealous, because her husband is always praising this woman so much.
It faces its hindrances and rises byovercoming them.
The morally great in all ages have become strong by overcoming their fleshly natures.
In fact, nothing is so characteristically "will" as the overcoming of resistance that checks progress towards a desired result.
There are several ways of overcoming a distraction.
Morgan's Overcomingof Distraction and Other Resistances, 1916.
Anger is often aroused by obstruction, but anger does not develop a tenth as often, in the course of the day, as the plain overcoming reaction.
Defensive reaction to things, overcoming obstruction, putting through what has been undertaken--the success motive.
Other good instances of effort are found in the overcoming of distraction, described under the head of attention, [Footnote: See p.
There is another, quite different way of overcoming a distraction, which works very well where it can be employed, and that is to couple the distraction to the main task, so as to deal with both together.
Great is the overcoming power of holy thought, and the strength and knowledge gained in the hour of silent meditation will enrich the soul with saving remembrance in the hour of strife, of sorrow, or of temptation.
As you succeed in overcoming self you will begin to see things in their right relations.
Man cannot immortalize the flesh, but, by overcoming the flesh, by relinquishing all its inclinations, he can enter the region of immortality.
Tom, overcoming a desire to stand on his head, pulled out the note Bruce had left in his boat.
But all his love, all his sweetness, all his truth, all his eloquence should avail nothing with her towards overcomingthat spirit of self-sacrifice by which she was dominated.
The shorter the better, and the stronger you will show yourself in overcoming the evil that oppresses you.
The juice may be mixed with whey, and taken as a common drink, or as a medicinal beverage for curing obstinate skin eruptions, and for overcoming obstructions of the liver and digestive organs.
Both Mugwort and Wormwood have been highly esteemed for overcoming epilepsy in persons of a feeble constitution, and of a sensitive nervous temperament, especially in young females.
Johnson Boller, though, found his sense of humor overcoming him again.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "overcoming" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
