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Example sentences for "overpower"

Lexicographically close words:
overpassed; overpassing; overplus; overpopulated; overpopulation; overpowered; overpowering; overpoweringly; overpowers; overpraised
  1. I am your avenger, Tiamat to overpower and you to rescue, make ready an assembly, prepare a banquet(?

  2. But now--could not Georg and I with our superior strength overpower this smaller man?

  3. No sooner, however, had Cumberland secured the document than he made a signal to the Captain; they both threw themselves upon Hardman, and endeavoured to overpower him.

  4. I think I shall finally convince and overpower you.

  5. He threw himself down in the first corner, and although he intended to remain awake in order to be far on his way when the sun rose, the many exciting scenes of the previous day made sleep overpower him irresistibly.

  6. Now we have only to wait for a bit, and then haul ourselves up and overpower the Spaniards.

  7. Or he may, through some unforeseen accident, get the wrong signal, in which case I propose to overpower him, and give the right one.

  8. His men, assisted by the chauffeur, would then overpower the occupants of the other car before they could realize what had happened.

  9. At present we are open on two sides to a sudden rush, which would overpower us by force of numbers.

  10. To secure even the chance of obtaining help for him, was enough to overpower all other calculations.

  11. Pan Podbipienta might possibly overpower her, but not we.

  12. Both spoke the truth; therefore Krechovski, although the coolness of the German roused all his blood, and rage began to overpower him, did not wish to begin the battle for a while.

  13. Even in works where all those are imperfect or neglected, this can overpower criticism, and make us admire even while we disapprove.

  14. He had already approached the Mulda, threatening to overpower the Saxon army which had advanced as far as Torgau to meet him, when the King of Sweden's arrival at Erfurt gave an unexpected check to his operations.

  15. You could easily overpower me, throw me into the sea, and voilĂ --I die.

  16. Desmond wondered whether he should try and overpower him then and there.

  17. He must slip away later and have another try at the telephone and if it were still out of order, he must endeavor to overpower Mortimer and then go for assistance himself.

  18. I shall overpower all in the field of battle.

  19. The sufferings of the Brahmanas might overpower even the gods.

  20. To dull or deaden the sensibility of; to overcome; especially, to overpower one's sense of hearing.

  21. To outweigh; to overpower by weight; to exceed in weight; to overbalance.

  22. To overpower so as to disable from further resistance; to crush.

  23. To overpower by talking; to exceed in talking; to talk down.

  24. To overpower with light; to confuse the sight of by brilliance of light.

  25. To overpower and crush; to subdue; to put down; to quell.

  26. The moral arguments, though separated from those which are either political or temporary, are sufficient to overpower the strongest reason, and overflow the most extensive comprehension.

  27. This, I felt, must be avoided at all costs; for if once her crew should gain a footing upon our decks their numbers were sufficient to overpower us instantly.

  28. If she could strike the brigand a single good blow on the side of the head, Leopold might easily overpower him.

  29. Downward he followed this flood--faster now for the fear of the deadly gases which might overpower him before he could reach the river.

  30. I have seen it in the neighbourhood of Wooking in Surrey quite overpower the grass with its herbage in the spring, and no kind of that animal that we know of will eat it.

  31. Horatius, with two slain brothers on the field, would overpower the three living enemies?

  32. The idea rises to the mind at once, that war is a resort to brute force, where nations strive to overpower each other.

  33. She must work; her mind must be employed or the dizzy whirl would overpower her.

  34. Yet the slumbering demon in her heart had been aroused and as she strolled out into the open air seemed ready to overpower her.


  35. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "overpower" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    best; conquer; crush; daze; deck; defeat; drown; entrance; floor; jam; oppress; overcome; overmaster; overpower; overset; overthrow; overturn; overwhelm; prostrate; ravage; rout; seduce; silence; stagger; subdue; subjugate; surmount; trip; upset; vanquish; whelm