How to Use overtake in a Sentence

overtake

verb

• She overtook the other runners and went on to win the race.
• Seasickness can overtake passengers when the ship encounters a storm.
• Alex Palou overtakes Christian Lundgaard at the end of the first lap.
  — Scott Horner, The Indianapolis Star, 13 May 2023
• That’s not to say that Jones can’t overtake Newton for the job.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 7 Aug. 2021
• His friend skied down first and watched as the avalanche was triggered and overtook Burks.
  — CBS News, 12 Mar. 2024
• There seems to be no one who can overtake my jokes yet.
  — Alyssa Bailey, ELLE, 12 Jan. 2022
• The jet stream dip may overtake Britain and Ireland much of next week.
  — Arkansas Online, 12 Apr. 2025
• Alex Palou overtakes Christian Lundgaard for the lead on Lap 42.
  — Scott Horner, The Indianapolis Star, 13 May 2023
• The city of Houston will let cyclists overtake the road to the rodeo this weekend.
  — Jay R. Jordan, Chron, 3 Mar. 2022
• Farms are likely to overtake more of the world’s polar regions in the years to come.
  — Yasmin Tayag, The New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2022
• In the race for the title of the planet with the most moons, Saturn may have overtaken Jupiter for the final time.
  — Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 May 2023
• If war costs overtake costs of peace Beliefs in the costs of war and the costs of peace also matter.
  — Andrew Blum, The Conversation, 24 Feb. 2023
• When East-West follow, South unblocks his ace of spades, overtakes the jack of clubs with the ace and leads the queen of spades.
  — Frank Stewart, The Mercury News, 9 Mar. 2024
• Mason is bidding to overtake Mitchell for the No. 2 role.
  — Cam Inman, The Mercury News, 6 Aug. 2024
• No one suggests that the oil and gas sector will overtake Big Tech.
  — Dan Eberhart, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2023
• In fact, Glassdoor projects Gen Z will overtake boomers in the full-time workforce next year.
  — Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 14 Dec. 2023
• The Patriots are among the four 7-8 teams trying to overtake the Dolphins.
  — Mark Inabinett | [e-mail], al, 28 Dec. 2022
• Last year, China overtook Japan for the first time to become the world’s largest car exporter.
  — River Akira Davis, New York Times, 18 Dec. 2024
• Words stumble out in a rush, each eager to overtake the one before it.
  — David Peisner, Rolling Stone, 23 Dec. 2022
• There were times when his constant needs overtook my life.
  — R. Eric Thomas, The Mercury News, 13 Dec. 2024
• Roots overtake tombs as if reclaiming them for the earth.
  — New York Times, 18 Feb. 2022
• Thanks in part to the surge in EV sales, China overtook Japan as the world’s top auto exporter in the first quarter of this year.
  — Janis MacKey Frayer, NBC News, 18 July 2023
• The bouts at the Kokugikan, the country’s premier sumo venue, were among the last chances for the Americans to overtake China in the race to claim to the most gold medals.
  — Ken Belson, New York Times, 8 Aug. 2021
• But late in the race, Senna tried to overtake the Frenchman by going up the inside of a corner.
  — Joshua Robinson, WSJ, 10 Dec. 2021
• The problem with Monaco is there is no room to expand the track to aid overtaking.
  — Ian Parkes, New York Times, 23 May 2024
• There’s still no sign that Haley will overtake Trump in the polls and seize the nomination on her own.
  — Ana Marie Cox, The New Republic, 16 Oct. 2023
• Stallone has been vocal about his wish to overtake control over the franchise in the past.
  — Justine Browning, EW.com, 31 July 2022
• In the ’80s, Japan was widely predicted to overtake the U.S. as the world’s largest economy.
  — Michael Schuman, The Atlantic, 29 Aug. 2022
• He was overtaken by Leclerc, whose long first stint gave him a tire delta on fresh mediums.
  — Luke Smith, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2025
• But the 18-year-old only improved from there, overtaking Carlos Sainz for sixth and Pierre Gasly for fifth.
  — Luke Smith, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2025