Sentence examples for as overcome from inspiring English sources

The king was as overcome as the bard.

Ultimately, Esther is not so much deceived as overcome.

By the time Mr. Trusnovec takes his leave of the characters he has known, I am as overcome by powerful emotion as when the work was new.

But no one looked quite as overcome by her victory as Lisicki.

This is someone who can do without romance, as well as overcome the Victorian male prerogative with relative ease.

The role is nearly dramatic; Kendrick, whose deftly shifting line readings present an intellect in self-doubting motion, doesn't so much play the role as overcome it.

"I look at my situation now as overcoming a disadvantage," he said.

One ingredient is "hard fun," which Ms. Lazzaro defines as overcoming obstacles in pursuit of a goal.

Policy makers need to revise their old habits too, such as overcoming the inherent fear of offending us, or worst still, offending the men in our communities!

In fact, Between the World and Me doesn't aspire to anything so large – or vague – as "overcoming" or "transcending" race to defeat racism.

He sees his biggest accomplishment as overcoming the racial, geographic and ethnic divisions that tore the city apart in the 1980s.