Indeed, it must have required an enormous effort for man to overcome his natural tendency to live like the animals in a continual present.

And my annoyance did little to help me overcome my tendency to procrastinate.

The drive into the village took almost thirty minutes, and by that time, she had overcome her tendency to cry.

Still, Oates achieves success as a storyteller when she overcomes her tendency to surrender to extremes.

He still believed though that this system hadn't overcome its tendency to crises.

"If people feel that in their heart, it's the only way we're going to overcome our nasty tendency to bop each other over the head."

With difficulty, she overcame her own tendency to retreat and become immobile.

"If you get something too large, with too many dependencies, you may need to overcome your tendency not to intervene."

Pollsters working in the Middle East give interviewers special training to overcome respondents' tendency to guess the "right" answer instead of express their true feelings.

This can help them overcome their tendency to listen for the words rather than the message.