The phrase 'overcome criticism' is correct and can be used in formal written English.
For example, you might write: "The athlete was determined to overcome criticism and win the race."
But Computer Associates has struggled for many years to overcome criticism that it has high prices and poor customer service.
"But I feel I'm strong enough to overcome criticism and you've just got to take the negativity sometimes".
In "What Soccer Taught Me About Life" Hadia describes how she learned to overcome criticism and discrimination by playing soccer as a little girl in Pakistan.
The Clintons Before Sept. 11, Hillary Rodham Clinton was struggling to overcome criticism that she was not a genuine New Yorker.
While both men have used their personality to overcome criticism that they were out of the mainstream, the comparisons to Mr. Reagan only go so far.
The news was another blow to an organization that has struggled to overcome criticism of its performance after Hurricane Katrina and other disasters, and it stunned the organization's employees, as well as the nonprofit world at large.
New geospatial technologies such as airborne lidar and aerial photogrammetry are allowing us to acquire inordinate amounts of georeferenced 3D data— but do these 3D technologies help overcome criticisms of environmental determinism?
The Information Choice Questionnaire (ICQ) was developed to overcome criticisms that there is a lack of representation of high quality informed opinions in studies that investigate public attitudes to carbon dioxide capture and storage (CCS).
The design of the new coin, depicting Sacagawea (usually pronounced sah-kah-jah-WAY-ah), the young Shoshone woman who helped guide Lewis and Clark, is meant to overcome criticisms of the Susan B. but still work in existing vending machines.
At the top of the ticket, McAuliffe has to overcome criticisms that he's not a "real" Virginian, but an ambitious, national figure who's seeking office in the commonwealth because he happens to live in McLean.
The government overcame criticism from the opposition, which had called for a renegotiation of the deal to reduce the interest rate from 5.8 percent and to force holders of nonguaranteed senior bank debt to share the pain of any losses.
