overtake in English
the driver overtook a line of vehicles
the pattern of economic ruin overtook them
Use "overtake" in a sentence
1. Never overtake on a curve.
2. No one could overtake him.
3. Always overtake on the outside.
4. The car accelerated to overtake me.
5. Never try to overtake on a bend.
6. I accelerated to overtake the bus.
7. Only then will divine blessings overtake them.
8. It's dangerous to overtake on a bend.
9. We managed to overtake the last train.
10. He tried to overtake on the inside.
11. He increased his speed to overtake the lorry.
12. Tragedy was shortly to overtake him, however.
13. I pulled out to overtake a bus.
14. It's dangerous to overtake at a corner.
15. Women overtake men only in the part- time registrar posts.
16. Our midfielders should overtake their opposite number individually more often.
17. The curves visit these Asymptotes but never overtake them.
18. “Strange Blacknesses, strange forgettings, that overtake me at times
19. The driver behind me tried to overtake on the inside.
20. Eventually, therefore, a rich blessing was sure to overtake her.
21. Fashion is gentility running away from vulgarity, and afraid of being overtake.
22. It means that catastrophe will soon overtake that apostate religious organization.
23. “Drive fast,” their host advised, “and don’t let anyone overtake you.”
24. 21 I overtake the undertaker who takes my stake by mistake.
25. As the cars overtake you, they are temporarily outside your field of vision.
26. The road was too narrow for me to overtake the car in front.
27. In the next century, nuclear energy could overtake oil as the main fuel.
28. Devastating crises may shortly overtake us, leading inevitably to a lapse into barbarism.
29. I went to overtake him on the back straight on the last lap.
30. She put on an impressive turn of speed to overtake the others. Sentencedict.com
31. The locals go to suicidal lengths to overtake vehicles travelling only marginally slower than themselves.
32. 7 She will chase after her passionate lovers, but she will not overtake them;+
33. He was about to pull out to overtake the guy in front of him.
34. 26 synonyms for Betide: happen, chance, occur, take place, overtake, ensue, crop up, transpire, befall
35. Some are predicting that India could overtake China as the world's most populous country before 20
36. The object world falls back and away, and invasions from the unconscious overtake and overwhelm one.
37. Chase definition, to pursue in order to seize, overtake, etc.: The police officer Chased the thief
38. Desperate not to have to overtake, he'd braked hard and had felt the car shimmy dangerously.
39. Another emerging concern is nitrogen deposition, which scientists predict may overtake sulphur as the major acidifying agent.
40. 3) That Buffeting will be felt while you overtake and cease once you poke your nose in front.
41. What is the meaning behind the Hebrew verbs rendered “keep listening” and “overtake” at Deuteronomy 28:2?
42. He tried to overtake three cars on a blind corner and crashed head-on into a lorry.
43. Many sources are projecting that Bifacial production will overtake mono-facial within the next three to five years
44. Sometimes my mind would wander into dark places, and my fear of losing [John] would almost overtake me.
45. 26 It became more difficult for devout persons to explain why unforeseen disaster should overtake a religious group.
46. 16 Unless farm fertilisation increases, atmospheric deposition of nitrogen, especially as nitrate, may well overtake deposition from land runoff.
47. Coming out of the final bend, the runner stepped up a gear to overtake the rest of the pack.
48. 10 And it came to pass that the Lamanites did pursue them, and did overtake them, and began to slay them.
49. It was on Tahrir square, where the international community was constantly frightened that, you know, the Islamists will overtake the revolution.
50. In the decade of his rule, the GNP rose by 45% and manufactured goods began to overtake such traditional exports as jute and cotton.