How to Use overthrow in a Sentence

overthrow

verb

• The quarterback overthrew his receiver.
• There were a couple that were overthrown.
  — Grant Afseth, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Nov. 2025
• That’s the movie where the apes rise up and overthrow the fascistic humankind.
  — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 7 Oct. 2021
• Ball sailed on him, overthrowing Mims.
  — Joe Nguyen, Denver Post, 21 Sep. 2025
• Sing it, ladies—history’s about to get overthrown!
  — Literary Hub, 1 June 2026
• Purdy’s pass was overthrown and Samuel had no chance of catching the ball.
  — Jose Carlos Fajardo, The Mercury News, 14 Feb. 2024
• And that was not overthrown by the people rising up against it — quite the contrary.
  — Zachary Evans, National Review, 17 Jan. 2020
• They were charged with sedition, or a plot to overthrow the government, and weapons charges.
  — Rachael Levy, WSJ, 10 Oct. 2020
• Earley admitted that Sdao may have overthrown at times in his first game back.
  — Tony Catalina, Austin American Statesman, 16 Feb. 2026
• Soon the rich will have their own army to overthrow the Constitution.
  — Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 22 May 2024
• This is the Venezuela that Rubio seems to expect to overthrow the regime.
  — Quico Toro, The Atlantic, 4 Nov. 2025
• That is why, my friends, that is why the tech billionaires want to overthrow democracy.
  — Peter Suciu, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
• The sedition statute doesn't require proof of a plot to overthrow the government, the memo read.
  — Michael Balsamo, Star Tribune, 17 Sep. 2020
• And Nix might’ve overthrown him a touch, but Franklin should probably reel that in.
  — Sarah Kelly, The Denver Post, 6 Oct. 2024
• The great dark lord has been overthrown, but all magic has been drained from the world as a result of the final battle.
  — Christian Holub, EW.com, 20 Dec. 2019
• Prosecutors have framed the vote as part of a wider move to overthrow the government at the time.
  — Chris Lau, CNN, 5 Sep. 2023
• That meant Mary was next in line, legally, so that’s why Jane was overthrown after nine days.
  — Olivia B. Waxman, TIME, 27 June 2024
• Maybe overthrowing, putting a little too much pressure on himself.
  — Dan Hayes, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2026
• This wretched regime is doomed to be overthrown by the risen populace and rebellious youth.
  — Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 1 Jan. 2026
• That’s not a reason to overthrow the system or invent cockamamie schemes to change the results.
  — Dominic Pino, National Review, 21 Sep. 2021
• And somebody will try to overthrow Xi Jinping for being too soft.
  — Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 May 2025
• Franklin ran right by his man on fourth-and-4 for a TD but Nix overthrew him in the end zone.
  — Matt Schubert, The Denver Post, 3 Nov. 2024
• All that has happened is that one tyrant has overthrown another tyrant simply to grab all the other guy’s oil.
  — Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 Jan. 2026
• Purdy overthrew Pearsall in the third quarter and telegraphed a pass to him in the fourth quarter.
  — Colton Pouncy, The Athletic, 30 Dec. 2024
• Giménez’s idea is that, if the island becomes poor enough, its people will rise up and overthrow the government.
  — Jon Lee Anderson, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
• Bazzana overthrew Rocchio, causing the ball to roll to the tarp halfway up the third-base line.
  — ABC News, 29 Apr. 2026
• In 2014 he was overthrown and fled to Moscow, taking vast wealth with him.
  — The Economist, 12 Oct. 2019
• Bo Nix overthrows Tyler Badie on third-and-14 checkdown.
  — Joe Nguyen, Denver Post, 21 Dec. 2025
• Bashir was overthrown in 2019, and Sudan is again in turmoil.
  — Jeffrey Fleishman, Los Angeles Times, 29 Dec. 2024
• Tagovailoa overthrew Eskridge in the end zone.
  — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 6 Aug. 2025