Sentence example with the word 'surmount'

surmount

beat, clear, crest, finish, look down upon, overarch, overshadow, scale, silence, tower above

Definition v. get on top of

Last update: August 18, 2015


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She has to surmount this economic crisis.   [Please select]

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Good teachers encourage students to surmount their challenges.   [Please select]

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By taking a course in French, I hope to be able to surmount the language barrier when I move to Paris.   [Please select]

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But those who have the will and the patience to surmount them will find their trouble well repaid.   [Please select]

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His thick white hair surmounted a broad brow.   [Please select]

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The obstacles surmounted do honor to the human understanding.   [Please select]

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When he had surmounted a small craggy eminence called St.   [Please select]

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The pilasters are surmounted by globes which resemble cannon-balls of stone.   [Please select]

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The wall was surmounted by a flat stone without a coping.   [Please select]

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Such are some of the obstacles which the student of human affairs must surmount.   [Please select]

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surmise - surmount - surpass