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Examples of overtop in a Sentence
a manager whose arrogance was overtopped only by his ineptitude
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Floodwaters overtopped a nearby dam and poured into the valley on his property near Cashton.
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Journal Sentinel, 7 Mar. 2024
The lake had been drained for agriculture more than a century earlier, but the pounding rain overtopped rivers and burst through levees to fill it once again.
—Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2023
Also, if water outlets aren’t kept properly clear of debris and vegetation, or if a dam and its spillways aren’t large enough to manage the volume in a reservoir, embankment dams are at risk of being overtopped.
—Lauren Leffer, Scientific American, 15 Sep. 2023
In the case of Galveston, the storm surge from Hurricane Ike overtopped parts of the sea wall in 2008.
—Time, 29 June 2023
The upriver intrusion of saltwater overtopped the sill's elevation earlier this week.
—Allie Weintraub, ABC News, 4 Oct. 2023
However, said the governor’s office, the intrusion recently overtopped the sill’s existing elevation.
—David Chiu, Peoplemag, 29 Sep. 2023
But saltwater overtopped the levee on September 20 and continued to move upstream.
—Eric Zerkel, CNN, 26 Sep. 2023
Murphy said that if conditions remain dry, the sill will most likely be overtopped again.
—Denise Chow, NBC News, 26 Sep. 2023
Journal Sentinel, 7 Mar. 2024
The lake had been drained for agriculture more than a century earlier, but the pounding rain overtopped rivers and burst through levees to fill it once again.
—Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2023
Also, if water outlets aren’t kept properly clear of debris and vegetation, or if a dam and its spillways aren’t large enough to manage the volume in a reservoir, embankment dams are at risk of being overtopped.
—Lauren Leffer, Scientific American, 15 Sep. 2023
In the case of Galveston, the storm surge from Hurricane Ike overtopped parts of the sea wall in 2008.
—Time, 29 June 2023
The upriver intrusion of saltwater overtopped the sill's elevation earlier this week.
—Allie Weintraub, ABC News, 4 Oct. 2023
However, said the governor’s office, the intrusion recently overtopped the sill’s existing elevation.
—David Chiu, Peoplemag, 29 Sep. 2023
But saltwater overtopped the levee on September 20 and continued to move upstream.
—Eric Zerkel, CNN, 26 Sep. 2023
Murphy said that if conditions remain dry, the sill will most likely be overtopped again.
—Denise Chow, NBC News, 26 Sep. 2023
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“Overtop.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/overtop. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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overtop
verb
over·top
ˌō-vər-ˈtäp 
1
: to rise above the top of : go beyond in height
overtopped my cousin by 3 inches
2
: surpass
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