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 team was hoping that Hamilton could overtake either Yuki Tsunoda or Liam Lawson ahead of them.
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Nelson Espinal, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Sep. 2025
In Barstow, California, a 2-year-old was swept away after their family's car was swept off a road and overtaken by floodwaters.
—Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 20 Sep. 2025
But on the whole, empathy has overtaken equanimity as the model for physician-patient relations.
—Rachel Pearson, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
Sure, the annual gathering of the genre overtook Chattanooga, Tennessee, for the first time this past week.
—Garret K. Woodward, Rolling Stone, 19 Sep. 2025
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Nelson Espinal, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Sep. 2025
In Barstow, California, a 2-year-old was swept away after their family's car was swept off a road and overtaken by floodwaters.
—Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 20 Sep. 2025
But on the whole, empathy has overtaken equanimity as the model for physician-patient relations.
—Rachel Pearson, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
Sure, the annual gathering of the genre overtook Chattanooga, Tennessee, for the first time this past week.
—Garret K. Woodward, Rolling Stone, 19 Sep. 2025
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“Overtake.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/overtake. Accessed 23 Sep. 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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