Sentence examples of "overcome" in English
She has the wonderful capability to overcome any obstacle.
Ella tiene la maravillosa habilidad de sobreponerse a cualquier obstáculo.
He couldn't overcome the desire for another cigarette.
No podía superar el deseo de fumarse otro cigarro.
In a few seconds I would have overcome the desperation threshold.
En unos segundo más habré superado el umbral de desesperación.
Years of resistance to misfortune ended when the settlers' village was overcome by the savages and their hopes and lives came to the bitter end.
Años de resistencia a la adversidad terminó cuando los conquistadores fueron superados en número por los salvajes, y sus esperanzas -y vidas-, llegaron a un triste final.
Peter overcame a lot of difficulties before succeeding as a doctor.
Peter superó muchas dificultades antes de tener éxito como doctor.
I finally overcame my shyness and asked him out on a date.
Finalmente vencí mi timidez y le pregunté si quería salir conmigo.
Nothing can take an American by surprise. It has often been said that the word "impossible" was not a French one. People have obviously looked in the wrong dictionary. In America, all is easy, all is simple and mechanical difficulties are overcome before they arise.
Nada puede pillar por sorpresa a un estadounidense. A menudo se ha dicho que la palabra "imposible" no era francesa. Obviamente, la gente miró en el diccionario equivocado. En Estados Unidos, todo es fácil, todo es simple y las dificultades mecánicas se solucionan antes de surgir.
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