How to Use overrun in a Sentence

overrun

1 of 2 verb

• The plane overran the runway.
• His speech overran the time allowed.
• The city was being overrun by enemy troops.
• The tank divisions overran the countryside.
• You guys said that Russia would overrun Ukraine in 36 days.
  — Matt Seyler, ABC News, 5 Apr. 2022
• Now the United States is being overrun by the Biden migrant crime.
  — CBS News, 3 Mar. 2024
• With gangs now overrunning Port-au-Prince, time had run out.
  — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 6 Mar. 2024
• Overnight, Sean’s London street is overrun by the undead.
  — Greg Orme, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2024
• How did feral hogs come to overrun California and much of the rest of the country?
  — Sammy Rothstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2022
• The city wasn’t overrun by the increase in visitors, people told me.
  — Craig Mod, New York Times, 17 Feb. 2023
• It’s gotten to the point where even the hyenas have noticed that one of the world’s great wildlife refuges is overrun by visitors.
  — Michael M. Phillips, WSJ, 25 Feb. 2024
• In the opening days of Russia's war, the Kremlin had sought to take Kyiv and overrun the entire country.
  — Kylie Atwood, Jeremy Herb and Jennifer Hansler, CNN, 12 Apr. 2022
• There’s no big storm, but a little moisture may try to overrun some chilly air feeding into the region from the north.
  — Jason Samenow, Washington Post, 18 Dec. 2023
• Geese of all sorts have overrun nearby Echo Park Lake, so Dodgers fans shouldn’t be surprised by more sightings.
  — Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2023
• This adaptation of Romeo and Juliet tells the story of the classic tragedy, but takes place in a post-modern city overrun by gangs.
  — Stacey Grant, Seventeen, 11 May 2023
• In the Belgorod Region, armed units overran villages and took hostages.
  — Masha Gessen, The New Yorker, 15 June 2023
• Yee recalled playing with other children in the rubble of their homes, many of which were overrun with rats.
  — NBC News, 6 Apr. 2022
• Yes, it may have been overrun with giant mushrooms and vine, no thanks to the Reality Bloom Biome.
  — Toby Grey, BGR, 12 Sep. 2022
• The airport was overrun with people trying to catch flights Thursday.
  — Alexandra E. Petri, Los Angeles Times, 9 Aug. 2023
• That led to the Saints to overset the edge or overrun the ball carrier, creating huge cutback lanes.
  — Lance Reisland, cleveland, 23 Dec. 2022
• In fact, the comments section is overrun with viewers discussing both Jenner's and Karanikolaou's lips in the video.
  — Hedy Phillips, Peoplemag, 22 Aug. 2022
• In Aptos on the north end of Monterey Bay, surf overran the beach and swept into a parking lot, leaving the area strewn with debris.
  — John Antczak, Fortune, 28 Dec. 2023
• The idea behind the startup is that people will be able to prove their personhood in an online world that could be soon be overrun by AI bots.
  — Steve Mollman, Fortune, 3 Dec. 2023
• Union soldiers had overrun the area foraging for food and the county had lost about half its wealth when enslaved people were freed, the study said.
  — Alia Malik, ajc, 10 Feb. 2022
• The arrest marks a twist in the high-profile case, which some used to push a narrative that San Francisco was overrun by random street crime.
  — Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2023
• In the last century, some sections dried out or were overrun by pollution.
  — Maggie Hiufu Wong, CNN, 19 Mar. 2023
• The country’s healthcare system was soon overrun, though Magufuli blamed this on faulty testing kits.
  — Faustine Ngila, Quartz, 6 Apr. 2023
• Based on the television series of the same name, the narrative follows a young girl who dreams of playing football in a world that’s been overrun by androids.
  — Holly Jones, Variety, 3 Nov. 2023
• Because of his actions, the citation reads, Mr. Stumpf’s unit was able to overrun the enemy.
  — Emily Langer, Washington Post, 30 Apr. 2022
• The project overran costs to an extent that the Pentagon required Raytheon to cover some expenses out of pocket.
  — Sébastien Roblin, Popular Mechanics, 9 Apr. 2023

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overrun

2 of 2 noun

• The project has been plagued by delays and cost overruns.
  — From U-T News Services, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Dec. 2023
• The Batman will feature a Gotham in the grips of hell, overrun with crime and despair.
  — Ryan Parker, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Feb. 2022
• The station was overrun with others trying to do the same.
  — Omar Jimenez, CNN, 31 Mar. 2022
• But how about moving to a town overrun by a vampire gang?
  — Cameron Jenkins, Good Housekeeping, 10 Aug. 2022
• John Duffy, an Army major, risked his life to direct airstrikes as a base was overrun.
  — Harold Maass, The Week, 6 July 2022
• Aniso Handy, 56, has remained in his house in Odi, which has been overrun by water.
  — Nimi Princewill and Larry Madowo, CNN, 26 Oct. 2022
• As their school — and eventually city — is overrun, the teens hide in classrooms, on the school's roof, and even vents to stay safe.
  — Alamin Yohannes, EW.com, 5 Feb. 2022
• This adds air to the mixture, inflating the volume (overrun).
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 26 Mar. 2022
• The start of the school year brings streets overrun with signature yellow buses and students waiting in masses on the side of the road.
  — Emma Stein, Detroit Free Press, 1 Sep. 2022
• Despite this year’s cost overruns, the state still expects to close this fiscal year with about $650 million left over.
  — Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 17 Jan. 2024
• Several utilities pulled out of the project due to cost overruns.
  — Joseph Lawler, Washington Examiner, 15 Jan. 2024
• Within a few pages, though, in accordance with the cumulative nature of the song, the place is overrun.
  — Meghan Cox Gurdon, WSJ, 2 Dec. 2022
• Meanwhile, Shea, Thomas, and James come across a native camp which has been overrun, leaving the women and children dead.
  — Josh St. Clair, Men's Health, 20 Feb. 2022
• Two brothers quickly learn their new town is overrun by vampires, and things go from bad to worse when one of them gets turned into a creature of the night.
  — Stacey Grant, Seventeen, 17 Jan. 2023
• Our parks and sidewalks were never meant to be overrun with retail squatters.
  — Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 July 2022
• Part of it is that planners in New York are padding estimates, to avoid getting blamed for cost overruns.
  — William Finnegan, The New Yorker, 6 Mar. 2023
• Seaton said the state and other cities need to step up to help keep public spaces from being overrun by encampments and drug use.
  — Blake Apgar, The Salt Lake Tribune, 9 Aug. 2022
• At too many times under the Norwegian’s regime would the pair get overrun in midfield and be on the back foot attempting to find some structure and shape.
  — Liam Canning, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2022
• On the second day of the advance, as the capital was rocked by explosions, residents and leaders braced for the city to be overrun.
  — NBC news, 25 Feb. 2022
• The park was lined by Cottonwood Creek, which a century later still is prone to flooding, and its banks were overrun on this day.
  — James Freeman, WSJ, 18 Nov. 2022
• That explains why their signature dish is rabbit stew -- a dish said to date back 2,500 years to when the island was overrun with the animals.
  — Julia Buckley, CNN, 27 May 2022
• The city and the county have been equally responsible for covering the overruns.
  — John Tuohy, The Indianapolis Star, 29 Aug. 2023
• The project has suffered from numerous delays and billions in cost overruns.
  — Michelle Baruchman The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (tns), arkansasonline.com, 28 Jan. 2024
• This provides for a reasonable amount of dry powder to cover cost overruns.
  — Tim Carter, Chicago Tribune, 28 July 2023
• The museum seemed to be overrun by kids under 10 while their tired parents ran after them, yelled from the sidelines, or merely watched.
  — Natalya Jones, Sun Sentinel, 7 July 2022
• But pulling off this engineering magic trick led to a series of delays and cost overruns.
  — Alex Hollings, Popular Mechanics, 22 June 2023
• Released for the PlayStation in 2013, the game takes place in a post-apocalyptic world in which the planet is overrun by infected humans.
  — Brendan Morrow, The Week, 2 Jan. 2023
• But that project's delays and overruns can be traced to congressional meddling.
  — Phil Plait, Scientific American, 30 Oct. 2023
• Their history was overrun by ours, and in our history books, largely erased and replaced by ours.
  — David James, Anchorage Daily News, 5 June 2022
• The conditions caused the Yellowstone River, which runs through the park and several of the communities to overrun.
  — Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN, 15 June 2022

Last Updated: 3 May 2024