Her karate teacher demonstrated techniques to overpower an opponent. From LearnThat.org.
It's starting to dawn on some people that natural systems like La Nina can 'overpower' so-called 'man-made' global warming. From Wordnik.com. [BBC admits temperatures haven't risen since 1998....] Reference
Pat Hynse certainly is aggressive when he wants to do the "overpower" bit - almost a bully, truth be told. From Wordnik.com. [GraniteGrok] Reference
However, I don’t really like the crisp texture of fresh jalapeños, and pickled ones kind of overpower the taste of a lot of the tunas. From Wordnik.com. [Jack-Fruity-Tooty Sushi] Reference
Now to overpower the sentinel and rescue the prisoners. From Wordnik.com. [The Dare Boys of 1776] Reference
The bull, sick and emaciated as he was, will overpower me. From Wordnik.com. [Roumanian Fairy Tales] Reference
Your technique is all masterly, but it does not overpower. From Wordnik.com. [The Romance Of Giovanni Calvotti From Coals Of Fire And Other Stories, Volume II. (of III.)] Reference
But I never thought that my image would overpower my talent. From Wordnik.com. [Tom Jones Still Sings To The Back Rows] Reference
He had determined to overpower him if he could and get food. From Wordnik.com. [The Young Treasure Hunter or, Fred Stanley's Trip to Alaska] Reference
The heavy-wattage cast tends to overpower the smallish stories. From Wordnik.com. [Our Bodice, Ourselves] Reference
You must -- literally must -- let His will overpower your will. From Wordnik.com. [Letters to His Friends] Reference
"Though bureaucrats resist, the technology may just overpower them.". From Wordnik.com. [Your Pass To Good Government] Reference
His simplicity, magnanimity, and goodness, overpower all who hear him. From Wordnik.com. [The International Monthly, Volume 2, No. 4, March, 1851] Reference
At the moment of recognition Sandy felt a cold aloofness overpower him. From Wordnik.com. [A Son of the Hills] Reference
That policy would likely overpower any effort by Japan to weaken the yen. From Wordnik.com. [BOJ Sees No Threat in Yen's Recent Rise] Reference
The one beef about Bilbao has been that it can overpower the art inside it. From Wordnik.com. [A MIGHTY MONUMENT TO MUSIC] Reference
"It don't look anything if there is light to overpower its own brilliancy.". From Wordnik.com. [Molly Bawn] Reference
Russia has got an inventory that could overpower any missile-defense system. From Wordnik.com. [Havoc in Germany] Reference
Tanks like the Soviet-made T-72 can overpower the lightly armed Kosovo rebels. From Wordnik.com. [Targeting Milosevic] Reference
I think Europe should not attempt to overpower or match or obstruct U.S. plans. From Wordnik.com. [Mail Call: Iraq's Guerrilla War] Reference
But at last the intense excitement and the long fatigue began to overpower him. From Wordnik.com. [Lost in the Fog] Reference
Don't get me wrong, I have not allowed my happiness to overpower my common sense. From Wordnik.com. [Wedded Dis] Reference
Barbecue sauce is often pretty robust in flavor and tends to overpower vegetables. From Wordnik.com. [Smoke Signals: Vegetarians get sauced, too] Reference
After all, the incentives of a corrupt system can overpower even the best training. From Wordnik.com. [B-School Backlash] Reference
“The sauce should complement the meat,” Zilberman says, “not overpower it.”. From Wordnik.com. [Smoke Signals: Sniffers and seekers] Reference
When he found that the weeds were likely to overpower him he arose and decided that. From Wordnik.com. [The Gentle Art of Cooking Wives] Reference
Whenever they feel inclined now they overpower the law easily; but seven years ago, when. From Wordnik.com. [Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands] Reference
Giant-Killer meets, and dreams of the time when he can overpower and slay his own ogres. From Wordnik.com. [Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 10 The Guide] Reference
Orchestral flourishes sweep in and out but smartly never overpower or overdramatize the songs. From Wordnik.com. [Album review: Magic Kids, "Memphis"] Reference
Where is Ahubal, of whom the dark saying went forth, that none but our race could overpower him?. From Wordnik.com. [Eastern Tales by Many Story Tellers] Reference
Three assailants could not overpower him, and surely others may take courage from his example. '. From Wordnik.com. [The Lady of the Ice A Novel] Reference
He couldn't overpower anyone, but he developed a game of clever slice shots that unnerved his foes. From Wordnik.com. [The Man And The Myth] Reference
It also concluded that a car's brakes could always overpower the engine to effectively stop the car. From Wordnik.com. [DOT launches multiple investigations into causes of unintended acceleration with NASA onboard] Reference
The cilantro added more flavor, and the onions added bite and texture, but didn't overpower the total package. From Wordnik.com. [Taco Bell 'Cantina' Tacos: A Seriously Good Review] Reference
But pride and a tendency "to let my emotions overpower my intellect" made that, and a lot of other things, impossible. From Wordnik.com. [Going Like Gangbusters] Reference
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