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Meanings of overcome with emotion in English

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Usage of overcome with emotion in English
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For several years, the risk of being overcome with emotion dissuaded me.
True compass: a memoir
2
Stanislaus was overcome with emotion speaking about the meaningfulness of this work.
Ebony
3
The letter dropped from the tailor's hand; he was overcome with emotion.
Words for the Wise
4
She sobbed a few times as she was temporarily overcome with emotion.
Monster Hunter International
5
I was so overcome with emotion that it was hard to speak.
Somewhere inside
6
All three were overcome with emotion as they held each other close.
The Guardian
7
Maston, overcome with emotion, sat down amidst the felicitations of his colleagues.
The Moon-Voyage
8
He could say no more for a moment, being overcome with emotion.
A Woman's Life-Work — Labors and Experiences of Laura S. Havilan...
9
The reason was simple enough; Duane felt himself overcome with emotion.
The Lone Star Ranger: A Romance of the Border
10
For the moment the showman was too far overcome with emotion to speak.
The Circus Boys in Dixie Land; Or, Winning the Plaudits of the S...
11
And the kind creature retreated into the garden, overcome with emotion.
Vanity Fair
12
Ayla nodded, a little too overcome with emotion to trust herself to talk.
The Shelters of Stone
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I could read only so many before being overcome with emotion.
Beautiful assassin
14
The boy was so overcome with emotion he could barely speak.
Who killed palomino molero?
15
Sidwell had never known what it was to be thus overcome with emotion.
Born in Exile
16
When he handed the bloodred rose to her, she seemed overcome with emotion.
The viking takes a knight
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