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Overtake
"Overtake" in a Sentence (18 examples)
Supply will soon overtake demand.
If you hurry, you will soon overtake her.
If you hurry, you will overtake him.
We could not overtake him.
Where did you overtake them?
Behold the days come saith the LORD that the plowman shall overtake the reaper and the treader of grapes him that soweth seed and the mountains shall drop sweet wine and all the hills shall melt.
A cart with four horses is not able to overtake the human tongue.
"Ralph, you cannot overtake Damon, OK? This is a team order: you cannot overtake Damon. ...That bit about overtaking Damon — you heard that, didn't you? ...You get that, Ralph, did you hear me? ...Ralph, acknowledge." "...Yes, Sam."
There were times when I thought the sands would overtake and swallow me.
The Prince followed, but could not overtake her.
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The racehorse overtook the lead pack on the last turn.
The car was so slow we were overtaken by a bus.
"I won't over-walk myself," he said, cheerfully. "If the coach doesn't overtake me on the road, I can wait for it where I stop to breakfast. Dry your eyes, my dear; and give me a kiss."
The station is planned to include platform loops enabling fast trains to overtake slower ones and is expected to be served by at least four trains per hour towards London.
Grocery sales in the north have overtaken those in the south.
Our plans were overtaken by events.
VVhy didſt thou promiſe ſuch a beautious day, / And make me trauaile forth vvithout my cloake, / To let bace cloudes ore-take me in my vvay, / Hiding thy brau'ry in their rotten ſmoke.
There wasn't enough distance left before the bend for an overtake, so I had to trundle behind the tractor for another mile.
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