After a few hundred metres the pleasure overcame the apprehension.
And consider how Mike overcame his terror of caring for his infant.
By her patience and charity she eventually overcame opposition and became the advisor and dearest friend of the whole household.
Finally tiredness overcame him and he went out into the yard to fill the water jars for his bath.
He overcame his scruples and by 1846 took thirty-five wives, eight of them widows of Joseph Smith.
I believe he overcame his aversion for - for anything - stronger long enough to beget me.
In Brussels, prices rose, after late buying of baskets of shares overcame profit-taking.
Skilful horsemanship overcame those problems, but then just 24 hours before the Derby, Nijinsky suffered a crippling attack of colic.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES►overcame ... shyness
I overcame my shyness.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN►problem
· Skilful horsemanship overcame those problems, but then just 24 hours before the Derby, Nijinsky suffered a crippling attack of colic.· I overcame the problem by making the shelves in the cupboard easily removable.· Fortunately, the lady eventually overcame her problem.