Overmatch

//ˌəʊvə(ɹ)ˈmætʃ//

"Overmatch" in a Sentence (6 examples)

The regular expression overmatched, capturing the entire paragraph instead of the specific sentence.

And wel his merits ſhew him to be made His Fortunes maiſter, and the king of men. That could perſwade at ſuch a ſodaine pinch, With reaſons of his valour and his life, A thouſand ſworne and ouer-matching foes:

At Lemster, for her Wooll whose Staple doth excell, And seemes to over-match the golden Phrygian Fell.

If a yeoman have one sole daughter, he must overmatch her, above her birth and calling, to a gentleman forsooth, because of her great portion […]

[…] we can increase the velocity of that force, so as to make it an overmatch for its antagonist.

For Memnon […] fought hand to hand with his overmatch, and met his boyish and most dolorous death beneath the walls of Troy.

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