Definition of overbear in English:
overbear
verboverbore, overborne əʊvəˈbɛːˌoʊvərˈbɛr
[with object]Overcome by emotional pressure or physical force.
his will had not been overborne by another's influence
Example sentencesExamples
- The judge said the youth did not want to do what was asked, but it was not an equal relationship, and his will was overborne.
- The evidence suggests this committee was unlikely to be overborne.
- Now, one of the explanations that she gave is that he overbore her and forced her into making some of these admissions.
- To say that they left it to the husbands does not mean to say either they did not understand what was happening or that their will was overborne.
- And I understand what a struggle it must have been to decide which overbears which.
- But the Chief Justice's wisdom and logic has overborne your desire to fight for that end.
- Yet, for a variety of reasons, this tendency may be overborne, and the anticipated rise not observed.
- Moreover, its impact on the trial process must be weighed carefully: its probative value must not be overborne by its prejudicial effect.
- It seems to me inevitable that sooner or later she would have been overborne by them.