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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The Tampa Bay Lightning have overtaken them for second place by the tiebreaker.
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Joshua Kloke, The Athletic, 16 Mar. 2025
Behind the Nissan Leaf, a driver of an Audi was having none of this careful robot driving malarkey and overtook us both at speed and clearly with some frustration.
—Carlton Reid, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
Assuming real-life events don’t overtake it, the story allegedly takes place in the White House during a missile attack on America and stars Idris Elba, Rebecca Ferguson and Jason Clarke.
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 13 Mar. 2025
With a thickness of just 6.25 mm, it is expected to overtake the iPhone 6 (6.9mm) as the thinnest iPhone ever.
—Jibin Joseph, PCMAG, 12 Mar. 2025
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Joshua Kloke, The Athletic, 16 Mar. 2025
Behind the Nissan Leaf, a driver of an Audi was having none of this careful robot driving malarkey and overtook us both at speed and clearly with some frustration.
—Carlton Reid, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
Assuming real-life events don’t overtake it, the story allegedly takes place in the White House during a missile attack on America and stars Idris Elba, Rebecca Ferguson and Jason Clarke.
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 13 Mar. 2025
With a thickness of just 6.25 mm, it is expected to overtake the iPhone 6 (6.9mm) as the thinnest iPhone ever.
—Jibin Joseph, PCMAG, 12 Mar. 2025
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“Overtake.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/overtake. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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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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