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.
• The flames overtook the apartment—and her with it.
  — Lizzie Johnson, New Yorker, 25 Apr. 2026
• Starfishes can overtake awabi on the sand and turn them upside down.
  — Literary Hub, 23 Feb. 2026
• The things and feelings that used to be fresh have now been overtaken by words.
  — Josh Slater-Williams, IndieWire, 17 Aug. 2025
• The Swede dropped four spots while his teammate jumped up three to overtake him.
  — Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 16 May 2021
• My job is gonna get overtaken by AI.
  — Cara Lynn Shultz, PEOPLE, 19 June 2026
• Pete doesn't get far before the cold overtakes him.
  — Allison Degrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Sep. 2025
• More than a month’s worth of rain dumped on the area, and floodwaters overtook the site.
  — Zoe Sottile, CNN Money, 7 July 2025
• His friend skied down first and watched as the avalanche was triggered and overtook Burks.
  — CBS News, 12 Mar. 2024
• Then, my wide-reaching smile — much better — overtakes my face.
  — Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 25 June 2026
• There is no one guy that is destined to overtake another for a spot on the field.
  — Jules Posner, Forbes, 8 June 2021
• Words stumble out in a rush, each eager to overtake the one before it.
  — David Peisner, Rolling Stone, 23 Dec. 2022
• The jet stream dip may overtake Britain and Ireland much of next week.
  — Arkansas Online, 12 Apr. 2025
• That’s not to say that Jones can’t overtake Newton for the job.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 7 Aug. 2021
• The men overtook two security guards and tied them up with duct tape.
  — Ashley J. Dimella, FOXNews.com, 8 Nov. 2025
• The men overtook two security guards and tied them up with duct tape.
  — Ashley J. Dimella, FOXNews.com, 21 Oct. 2025
• 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
• What made the alt tour feel special, though, has little to do with whether the black dot would overtake the pink.
  — Joshua Hunt, New York Times, 14 July 2021
• That way, no plant overtakes another.
  — Tessa Cooper, The Spruce, 17 Apr. 2026
• By daybreak, an uneasy calm overtook the city of more than 3 million.
  — Mery Mogollon, Los Angeles Times, 3 Jan. 2026
• But China is fast closing the gap and is close to overtaking us.
  — Sen. Todd Young, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025
• No one suggests that the oil and gas sector will overtake Big Tech.
  — Dan Eberhart, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2023
• Stallone has been vocal about his wish to overtake control over the franchise in the past.
  — Justine Browning, EW.com, 31 July 2022
• Alex Palou overtakes Christian Lundgaard at the end of the first lap.
  — 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
• The Stars were close to overtaking the Avalanche last month before a late fade.
  — Dave Campbell, Twin Cities, 16 Apr. 2026
• My mum, meanwhile, has just been overtaken by my sister for second place.
  — Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 16 June 2026
• Thousands of sea cucumbers are overtaking the beach in a coastal town.
  — Staff, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2025
• The country now leads the world in car exports, overtaking Japan.
  — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 29 Dec. 2025