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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More than a hundred thousand died of disease and starvation, as their waterways and other food sources were overtaken by miners.
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Jennifer Wilson, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
Lando Norris took second, while Oscar Piastri overtook Charles Leclerc on the final lap for third.
—Natasha Dye, PEOPLE, 3 May 2026
Provincial Bavarian and British ethno-sentimental varieties come easily to mind, and in the twenty-first century, American exports of material culture will likely be overtaken worldwide by Chinese trinkets in the style of Temu-Rococo.
—Olivia Kan-Sperling, Artforum, 2 May 2026
Tribune correspondents Ronald Yates — who was one of the last American journalists to leave Phnom Penh when the Cambodian capital fell to insurgents just weeks earlier — and Philip Caputo lost contact with the newspaper in South Vietnam just before Saigon was overtaken by communist North Vietnam.
—Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 30 Apr. 2026
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Jennifer Wilson, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
Lando Norris took second, while Oscar Piastri overtook Charles Leclerc on the final lap for third.
—Natasha Dye, PEOPLE, 3 May 2026
Provincial Bavarian and British ethno-sentimental varieties come easily to mind, and in the twenty-first century, American exports of material culture will likely be overtaken worldwide by Chinese trinkets in the style of Temu-Rococo.
—Olivia Kan-Sperling, Artforum, 2 May 2026
Tribune correspondents Ronald Yates — who was one of the last American journalists to leave Phnom Penh when the Cambodian capital fell to insurgents just weeks earlier — and Philip Caputo lost contact with the newspaper in South Vietnam just before Saigon was overtaken by communist North Vietnam.
—Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 30 Apr. 2026
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“Overtake.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/overtake. Accessed 4 May. 2026.
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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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