She thought a little, till at last her spirit overcame her fear.

And I suspect there was much bungling to the whole affair, which a weaker spirit than you might never have overcome.

Subjugation: The spirit overcomes the medium's will to the extent of controlling his body as his own.

His book, he said, can be seen as an essay on how the human spirit overcomes war.

Eventually the spirit of the place overcame my better judgment.

Some spirit had finally overcome both her totem and her magic.

The cat-like spirit of eaves-dropping overcame him at once.

'For a long time, it seemed there was no obstacle Ali's spirit could not overcome.'

My experience is that the spirit of free men can overcome all.'

Her competitive spirit overcame the pain and she went on to compete while injured in the doubles match.