Sentence examples for able to overcome a from inspiring English sources

A squad thin on numbers and options was not able to overcome a dash of adversity.

"We've been able to overcome a lot of things to this point.

By bringing the Gates's on board, Buffett was able to overcome a barrier early on that would have impeded building the larger coalition that he ultimately needed.

The Mavericks had only eight players in uniform after a trade earlier in the day with Denver, but were able to overcome a 14-point third-quarter deficit.

Twice in Federer's career, which includes a Wimbledon victory over Pete Sampras, he has been able to overcome a two-set deficit.

Mr. Boeken, he said, had been able to overcome a dependence on heroin and alcohol but had not been able to defeat his addiction to cigarettes.

Watched by a motley bunch of celebrities including Sir Cliff Richard (possibly on hand to serenade the crowd in the event of a real cloudburst), he was even able to overcome an early puncture after brushing a wall.

This week I was able to overcome an obstacle.

"Our immune system is strong enough, and one should be able to overcome an illness with our own means" (VD01).

It was also found that despite overexpression of NRAGE, silencing of Tab1 or Tak1 inhibited NF-κB activation, showing that a reduction in downstream kinase protein concentration is able to overcome an increase in upstream protein concentration.

You'll feel proud of yourself for being able to overcome an addiction.