How to Use overtake in a Sentence

overtake

verb
Definition of overtakenext
Synonyms for overtakenext
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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 | [email protected], 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 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
  • And according to some projections, its GDP per capita is even set to overtake Britain’s by the end of the decade.
    — Yascha Mounk, The Atlantic, 8 Sep. 2023
  • Akindele noted that tech can be an avenue for Africa to quickly solve its problems, catch up with and overtake the rest of the world.
    — Paul Adepoju, CNN, 8 July 2022
  • But Noblesville just didn’t quite have the firepower to overtake the Royals.
    — Tom Moor, The Indianapolis Star, 18 May 2022
  • So we’ve been overtaken by real life, which is scary as well.
    — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 17 Sep. 2024
  • Nissan had been at the forefront of EVs in the 2010s with the Leaf model, but has been overtaken this decade by newcomers and pure players.
    — Reuters, Detroit Free Press, 17 Dec. 2024
  • Last year, China overtook Japan as the world’s largest auto exporter, in part owing to its affordable EVs.
    — Nicholas Gordon, Fortune Asia, 18 Dec. 2024

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