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Examples of overbear
overbear
If the tree once produced, you may have let it overbear when it was small, and this stunted the tree badly.
From the chron.com
Twice as tall as the surrounding buildings, it'll stand out a mile and completely overbear the Broadgate Arena.
From the guardian.co.uk
Louie made the process easy for his father, who didn't want to interfere with the recruiting process or overbear his son despite his football knowledge.
From the orlandosentinel.com
Although the Tsar was touched by the Ambassador's devotion, he allowed his wife's malevolent attitudes to overbear the sensible advice he had been given.
From the en.wikipedia.org
In R v Singh 1973 1 AER 122, the Court of Appeal held that a threat to expose the defendant's adultery would not be sufficient threat to overbear the will of an ordinary person.
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- Overcome; "overbear criticism, protest, or arguments"
- Bear too much
- Bear down: contract the abdominal muscles during childbirth to ease delivery
- (overbearing) authoritarian: expecting unquestioning obedience; "the timid child of authoritarian parents"; "insufferably overbearing behavior toward the waiter"
- (overbearing) disdainful: having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy; "some economists are disdainful of their colleagues in other social disciplines"; "haughty aristocrats"; "his lordly manners were offensive"; "walked with a prideful swagger"; "very ...
- To crush or press down on with physical force; To prevail over, as if by superior weight or force; dominate; To be more important than; outweigh; To bear an overabundance of fruit or offspring
- (overbearing) Overly bossy, domineering, or arrogant
- (Overbearing) A term used to describe the impact of a development or building on its surroundings, particularly a neighbouring property, in terms of its scale, massing and general dominating effect.
- To sail downwind directly at another ship, stealing the wind from its sails.
