Then curiosity and perhaps the fear of being laughed at overcame me.

Once more a terrible curiosity overcame him, to know what the third girl looked like.

She sat still for nearly twenty minutes, and then curiosity overcame her.

David knew he shouldn't pause, but his curiosity overcame him.

This was not what she had expected; curiosity overcame outrage.

But curiosity overcame the urge to cut the conversation short.

Curiosity had overcome their General's command to stay in the dormitory.

I shouldn't have trusted him, but my curiosity quickly overcame any sense of caution.

He intended not to open the papers until breakfast, but his curiosity overcame him.

His curiosity overcame all the fears which were crowding in on him.