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Meanings of overcome by in English
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Usage of overcome by in English
1
Almost overcome by terror and shivering in every limb, the lad entered.
2
Some needed help after they were overcome by grief and the heat.
3
The colonel himself was overcome by the unpleasant novelty of the sensation.
4
At the end Beatrice was overcome by the touch of the piano.
5
That difficulty Thorpe hoped to overcome by inspiring personal confidence in himself.
6
Within a week, dozens more had been overcome by the same compulsion.
7
Men wilted in the road, overcome by heat and lack of water.
8
Something snapped in me then; I felt overcome by a sudden anger.
9
Satou, this week, you must have been overcome by their charms, too.
10
The odor of sulphur may be overcome by the use of perfume.
11
The Gujarati seemed overcome by the selection of himself for this mission.
12
But after a two month struggle, she was overcome by her injuries.
13
Fabio was overcome by a secret uneasiness; he began looking for her.
14
She was overcome by the acting, by the play, by the surroundings.
15
General Beker, overcome by the ascendancy of his prisoner, set off immediately.
16
We must comply with idiosyncrasies until they are overcome by natural living.
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United Kingdom
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Ireland
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United States of America
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