overrunning

Example Sentences

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Overrunning the Detroit Lions, 37-23, on Saturday in Charlotte, they amassed 320 rushing yards — even without McCaffrey — and 570 yards of total offense.

From Washington Post • Dec. 28, 2022

Overrunning a Kuomintang headquarters, the Burmese found U.S.-made ammunition and boxes branded with the International Cooperation Administration symbol of two clasped hands.

From Time Magazine Archive

Overrunning deeply staggered German defense lines built along canals and streams, the Russians captured Vac, 15 miles above Budapest, flung their right wing as far north as the Slovakian border.

From Time Magazine Archive

Overrunning a Bridge.—A ball overruns its proper bridge when, in attempting to run it, it passes it on one side.

From Croquet As played by the Newport Croquet Club by Anonymous

Overrunning Kwangsi and Hunan, they had got possession of Hankow and the two adjacent cities,--a centre of wealth which may be compared to the three cities that form our Greater New York.

From Beacon Lights of History, Volume 14 The New Era; A Supplementary Volume, by Recent Writers, as Set Forth in the Preface and Table of Contents by Lord, John