Sentence examples for were overcome in from inspiring English sources
These disadvantages were overcome in 1839 by the discovery of vulcanization by the American inventor Charles Goodyear.
These people face huge odds, but equal challenges were overcome in both the 1930s and the 1960s by bold and sometimes "crazy" actions.
Those difficulties were overcome in February 2012 when the coalition and the Social Democrats united to pass an amendment to the Czech constitution that introduced direct presidential elections.
— were overcome in a two-hour "spiritual warrior" ceremony, in which hot rocks were placed inside a tent so the 55 participants could sweat out whatever was ailing their souls.
Many serious problems were overcome in the construction, beginning with the deflection of surveying instruments by the gravitational fields of the mountains and including water inrushes of up to 13,000 gallons (49,270 litres) a minute.
The victims, Kirby Brown, 38, of Westtown, N.Y.; James Shore, 40, of Milwaukee; and Liz Neuman, 49, of Prior Lake, Minn., were overcome in the two-hour "spiritual warrior" ceremony, in which hot rocks were placed inside a tent so the 55 participants could sweat out whatever was ailing their souls.
Its worries, however, may be overcome in another way.
That problem cannot be overcome in two days, he said.
Depression is not something, in my experience, that can be "overcome" in "five easy steps".
In politics, it seems a trauma can be overcome in only a few short weeks.
This was a vast ship but she was overcome in minutes during Typhoon Orchid.
