Sentence examples for overpowering fear from inspiring English sources

Lee has an overpowering fear of cockroaches: until he got married, a few months ago, his kitchen contained no pots or food.

Because what the elders told me is that the intense, overpowering fear of dying is very much a young person's game.

Due to his overpowering fear of germs, Monk refuses to touch door handles and other common objects with his bare hands, avoids contact with anything dirty, and always uses sanitary wipes after human contact, including basic handshakes.

Discovering that physical pain helps overpower fear, she wore tight boots or stabbed her hands with pins.

It is 2017, and now we know: a leader's sole job is to create a culture where trust overpowers fear.

During the Great Stink of 1858, when the weather was unusually hot and dry, the stench became overpowering, prompting fears of another in a series of cholera outbreaks that had plagued the city.

We were terrified of the entire situation but our intense love for Danny and desire to "rescue" him overpowered our fear and we pressed forward.

He is uncertain what awaits in the coming months, on the field and off, but he believes he can overpower his fears and carry the movement forward.

There was no fear of overpowering Ms. Blythe during "The Swimmer," the final song (poem by Adam Lindsay Gordon).

Keon says that fundamentals eventually overpower the fear of conflict.

Nothing has thrust that onto the national stage like the recent image of "60 Minutes" and Mike Wallace being overpowered by the fears of CBS lawyers of a theoretical lawsuit had the CBS broadcast an interview with a tobacco-industry whistle-blower.