Examples of overtake in a Sentence
She overtook the other runners and went on to win the race.
The sign says “No Overtaking.”
Seasickness can overtake passengers when the ship encounters a storm.
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And as the race entered its final 10 laps, Norris finally got close enough to put pressure on Verstappen, sensing the opportunity to overtake though the Dutch driver ultimately found enough to fend him off.
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Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 5 Oct. 2025
Seventeen years is pretty old for a bourbon, but in this case the whiskey is not overtaken by bitter tannic oak notes.
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 5 Oct. 2025
By late afternoon, sunshine had overtaken the high peaks and valleys in this corner of Southern Appalachia — a far cry from the chaos and destruction exactly one year ago.
—Garret K. Woodward, Rolling Stone, 4 Oct. 2025
Unfortunately, the wunderkind narrative that would have otherwise worked for the 27-year-old Anderson was instead overtaken by the wunderkind narrative around Southie besties Damon and Affleck for Good Will Hunting.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 4 Oct. 2025
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Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 5 Oct. 2025
Seventeen years is pretty old for a bourbon, but in this case the whiskey is not overtaken by bitter tannic oak notes.
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 5 Oct. 2025
By late afternoon, sunshine had overtaken the high peaks and valleys in this corner of Southern Appalachia — a far cry from the chaos and destruction exactly one year ago.
—Garret K. Woodward, Rolling Stone, 4 Oct. 2025
Unfortunately, the wunderkind narrative that would have otherwise worked for the 27-year-old Anderson was instead overtaken by the wunderkind narrative around Southie besties Damon and Affleck for Good Will Hunting.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 4 Oct. 2025
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“Overtake.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/overtake. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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overtake
verb
over·take
ˌō-vər-ˈtāk 
1
a
: to catch up with
b
: to catch up with and pass by
2
: to come upon suddenly
a blizzard overtook the hunting party
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