Overturned

"Overturned" in a Sentence (10 examples)

The vase on my desk overturned when I jumped up in surprise.

The train was overturned.

The Supreme Court overturned a previous decision.

A farm boy accidentally overturned his wagonload of wheat on the road.

He scattered the coins of the money-changers and overturned their table.

The angry mob overturned cars and smashed storefront windows.

The king overturned the death sentence of a woman condemned for driving.

Of those men who have overturned the liberties of republics, the greatest number have begun their career by paying an obsequious court to the people; commencing demagogues, and ending tyrants.

Church steeples - overturned funnels to lead prayers to heaven.

"She herself hurled the swift lightning bolt of Jupiter from the clouds, scattered the boats, and overturned the seas with the winds; she snatched him in a whirlwind while he was breathing out flames from his pierced chest, and impaled him on a sharp rock."

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