How to use overrun in a sentence

Looking for sentences and phrases with the word overrun? Here are some examples.

Sentence Examples The grim reality is that terrorism and asymmetrical warfare can never be defeated in the way the enemy can be overrun in conventional warfare. The front end of this car is overrun with styling features, the most awkward being the integrated wing. Open a little over a month, the place is already overrun with West Village dignitaries and hordes of beady-eyed food aristocrats. Next weekend the capital will be overrun by television types, in town for their weekend bacchanalia. So we will see some inevitable growth, but the backcountry won't be overrun. It's an intriguing venue too since while much of the street is overrun with posey and pretentious places, Arc manages to remain hip and homely. Sometimes the ship just gets too overrun with barnacles and the whole thing has to be scraped clean. Unless you've taken steps to eliminate or reduce weed seeds in the soil before planting, weeds may overrun a seeded lawn. Tribes of these red-bottomed monkeys regularly overrun government office compounds. We don't want our nation overrun by a host of poodles, corgis or pit bull terriers. The country would have to be overrun for two years before the Pennsylvanians could know what the Virginians know of war. In a matter of hours the presidential election, heretofore free of interference from legal insects, was overrun by hymenopterous lawyers. When Rome collapsed in the fifth century AD, Trieste was overrun by the Huns, and then fell under Byzantine rule. The nation was overrun by refugees from the Creek and Cherokee nations, however, which were occupied by troops. This system can also contribute to fuel saving by permitting regeneration at opportune times such as when the vehicle is on overrun. Interim glowing takes place when necessary, for example after extended overrun if engine temperature has reduced. As I approached the runway overrun, I started easing the power back and touched down on speed 300 feet down the runway. The country will gain by avoiding another budget overrun and above all reaching the HIPC completion point by June. There should be a system whereby if roadworks overrun then the company responsible should be fined. The software helps solve problems that cause technology projects to fail or overrun on cost. Show More Sentences Projects often overrun and costs follow suit, but there is rarely much scope to raise income to offset the damage. The sprag clutch, in turn, allows the electric motor to overrun the engine when its power is not being utilized. Holt burst into Ilkley's box and appeared to overrun the ball beyond the dead ball line by a yard and a half. The fire department was dispatched to a controlled grass fire that had overrun its boundaries and was threatening the neighbour's field. The plot of land on a passageway was overrun with nettles and has not been touched for more than 20 years. Second, the staff enforces a laissez-faire attitude among the other patrons so that the place isn't overrun by autograph-seekers. But, if the city was overrun by criminals, the media failed to capture the full force of the anarchy with pictures and that is curious. When we visited Tobermory last summer, the place was overrun by 3-7 year olds wearing pink and following in the footsteps of their heroes. Unlike many pretty spots on the California coast, Baywood Park isn't overrun with tourists. A wicked mayor plans to overrun the town with rats, close the local primary school and convert it into loft apartments. Thier numbers need to be humanely controlled or else they would overrun the place. By the time he got there the place was overrun with seniors and juniors, and even a few college kids he'd known from the previous school year. The aftermath of the war also means that the city isn't overrun by tourists and there are few places selling tacky souvenirs at inflated prices. I just have this image in my head of a quiet suburban street being overrun by Aliens loping on all fours over the tarmac. One example is where Sunny Beach meets neighbouring Sveti Vlas, a village almost overrun by new building. His forces were overrun by the German and Bulgarian armies, and on 7 May he was forced to sue for peace. In one instance, Fall documents the capture of the overrun Algerian troops on French strongpoint Gabrielle early in the battle. It has become overpriced, overrated and overrun with ridiculous people who live absurd lives. The cost overrun factor as well as the vexed issue of rehabilitation of displaced problem continued to delay the project time and again. The best Red Army units were foolishly positioned on the unfortified frontier, where they were overrun. Show More Sentences During a performance of Swan Lake, wacky cops and jewel thieves overrun the stage. Mike has hundreds of chip freaks shouting at him, Andrew and myself were overrun with pedants and fools, and Linda sparked some Antipodean fury. A rag of colts will overrun the streets as the riding center launches a public art exhibition of life-size horses painted by artists. In a genre overrun by sleazo cheapies, he is the best technician and the only artist. As the Roman empire disintegrated, Gaul ceased to be a Roman province and was overrun by Germanic invaders. Hastily formed forces like the U. S. Army's Task Force Smith resisted valiantly, but the infantry was overrun in desperate rearguard battles. As Axis airfields and terrain for new airstrips were overrun, the Allied Air Forces began shifting fighter units from England into Europe proper. He was killed in the second world war near Dunkirk when his battalion was overrun. Finding an undiscovered corner of Europe not overrun with tourist hordes is becoming increasingly difficult. But the real potential lies in the minds of everyone who has ever grumped about Britain's most beautiful places being overrun by trippers. Loading time therefore decreed that in combat Texans fire in relays, half the men always carrying charged rifles to prevent being overrun. They are asking people to demonstrate on 2 July at the same time as the police are claiming Edinburgh will be overrun by anarchists. Where are our real celebs and why are we so overrun with all these Z-listers? The Earth is overrun by flesh-eating zombies, and the bunker is used for both shelter and experimentation. I had assumed the place would be overrun with Inklings fans and legions of folks trying to channel Frodo and Co. at the Prancing Pony. Classic biocontrol of weeds involves importing a natural enemy from abroad and then releasing it in regions overrun by its host. In the third century B.C., Scythians were displaced by Sarmatians, who in turn were overrun by waves of Germanic Goths. These words and actions were expressions of a deep unionist siege mentality and fear of being overrun. The city had almost become overrun by the desert, the sand sweeping in to cover the streets and all items left out. Instead of ancient Persia, the action here is set in contemporary New York already overrun with riotous violence. Show More Sentences The nightmares had overrun his dreams again, leaving a sour ache in his soul, and he'd gone and taken it out on her. But in my book, beauty without smiles and charm means very little in an industry overrun by glitz and glitter. In 1969 the canyon shut down, overrun by motorcyclists, students, and assorted rowdies. The residents have been overrun with the lop-eared rodents residing in the parklands and King George Park. Ancient Egypt declined, was overrun and thereafter ruled by foreign powers. Disturbing, highly intelligent, referential to a legion of horror movies, the film is a horrifyingly bleak portrait of a Britain overrun by rabid zombies. However, D.C. can also be overrun with tourists, particularly as most of its well-known attractions are clustered in a small area. A virtual kaleidoscope of colour inundate not only the standing piles, but also overrun old fallen timbers that overlap, forming small overhangs and grottoes. We'll be seeing them overrun with yachties in a couple of years. The Everglades, overrun with huge reptiles, is about to host its first-ever open season on snakes. Flanders was overrun by the French, and Queen Philippa had been taken hostage in Ghent. Shaun's grief with his girlfriend and his mom is the focal crisis of his life until it gradually dawns on him that London is overrun with groaning, flesh-eating living dead. In a neighbourhood overrun by gang warfare, violence lurks constantly beneath the surface, frequently spilling over to the doorstep of the Macleans' cramped apartment. The bell boys and concierge are overrun at times with mountains of luggage and shuttle bus responsibilities and so can be forgiven their occasional terseness. He was one of six children who had been in the Ebola isolation center that had been overrun. It's not as if the world has been overrun with people who have evolved long, spindly, super-springy fingers to touch-type on traditional keyboards, after all. A couple of tow-headed pre-teen boys, during a surprisingly non-sexual game of Chicken, are overrun by a rabble of Rattlers and are fanged to death. A day after launching, the site was overrun with trolls and taken down by admins. Within a few months a handful of mice and rats had multiplied into 60 mice and 12 rats and started to overrun their owner's house at Westhoughton. Hospitals, overrun with Ebola patients and low on supplies, are not available for his 8-month pregnant wife. Show More Sentences The soon-vacated site was then overrun by Taliban forces, who had to be driven out roughly a month later by the Afghan army. They saw in it a haven for traditional values that might, in time, restore their idealized America, now overrun by waves of immigration and noisome industrialization. The production will tell the classic story of Toad, Mole, Ratty and Badger trying to overcome the evil ferrets, weasels and stoats who threaten to overrun the riverbank. A new phenomenon a youth subculture had reared its head, but the Comet seemed satisfied that the borough was not in imminent danger of being overrun. The site was overrun by rats which is why they brought the rifle. But the place was overrun by rodents, there was no need to harass birds. Easier for many to manage smaller parcels of land, especially when engaged in continual battle with the wilderness that threatened to overrun their farms and their lives. He said he also could not say if there was a cost overrun on the Mason Hall project, since that was an issue between the owner, contractor and sub-contractor. It features a durable base tray for storage of a stage box, an ergonomic carrying handle, and an adjustable friction brake to prevent cable overrun. I recently witnessed a situation where a cable retrieve had just finished and a slight cable overrun had occurred, leaving a single strand over the side of the drum. It's up to Chef and the other boys of South Park to solve the mystery of how to destroy these cannibal corpses before the evil fiends overrun the entire town. Poland was overrun and he was conscripted into the Red Army. But the market is in disorder, overrun by fake and inferior goods. Although the baroque building, which was built in 1907, was recently refurbished inside, the exterior is repeatedly covered in graffiti and overrun with litter. He says the neighborhood is overrun by drug dealers and prostitutes. And in a world overrun with droning dance clones, it's refreshing to hear abrupt time-signature changes. By 878, the Vikings had overrun East Anglia, Northumbria, and Mercia, and nearly conquered Wessex. The Britons had been overrun or culturally assimilated by other Celtic tribes during the British Iron Age and had been aiding Caesar's enemies. He appears to have reclaimed the territory of Powys after it had been overrun by the English. Islands overrun by flawed people, both indigenous and imperialist. Show More Sentences Two years after the Paris Peace Accords, North Vietnamese forces overrun the South. Additional clear space around the court is required in order for players to reach overrun balls. Of these, all of Northumbria and most of Mercia were overrun by the Vikings during the 9th century. The formation was overrun by the 8th Panzer Division while still forming up and was destroyed as a fighting unit. The cost overrun was partly due to enhanced safety, security, and environmental demands. She did not want her newly discovered sense of oneness to be overrun by left-brain judgments, arguments, and fears. Italy declared war on Greece and invaded the country, but it was not until German intervention that the country was overrun. He then became involved in fighting the various tribes in Gaul, and by 55 BC had overrun most of Gaul. But the community council says the pond is now overrun with ducks, who have munched through all the other wildlife, including frogspawn. In machinery, a sliding piece is said to overrun its bearing when its forward end goes beyond it. The Netherlands and Belgium were overrun using blitzkrieg tactics in a few days and weeks, respectively. The island has become overrun with Golden Lancehead pit vipers, one of the world's deadliest venomous snakes. With the fall of the fascist regime, Italy was virtually overrun by several political parties who came out of the woodwork to fill in the vacuum. But soon she's overrun with a zombifying infestation of water-spurting aliens. Like many other parts of Eurasia, these territories were overrun by the Mongols. The area was overrun by Irish Sea ice during the ice ages and this has left a legacy of boulder clay and of meltwater channels. These were overrun by Danes initially before they too settled to farming near Burnsall and Thorpe. The jurisdiction of the Archbishopric of Tours would have overrun into Brittany if Henry hadn't appealed to Rome. Although on the point of being overrun more than once they held their ground, destroying 22 German and 10 Italian tanks. Port Said had been overrun and the military assessment was that the Suez Canal could have been completely taken within 24 hours. Show More Sentences Of these, Northumbria south of the Tyne, and most of Mercia, were overrun by the Vikings during the 9th century. Also during the fifth century, the Western Roman Empire declined and was overrun by German and Frankish peoples. The only other problem is that there's a nagging tendency for the highlight to overrun when cursoring through file lists. The provinces overrun by Germany had produced 40 percent of French coal and 58 percent of its steel output. More consumers are making health and wellness a priority, but they are often overrun with confusing and contradictory information when it comes to dieting. American leaders assumed that Canada could be easily overrun. Following the downfall of their Mongol masters, the loyal vassal, the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia, received escalating threats from the Mamluks and were eventually overrun. During the Crisis of the Third Century, the territory of the Treveri was overrun by Germanic Alamanni and Franks and later formed part of the Gallic Empire. At the time the libretto was written, 1879, Penzance had become popular as a peaceful resort town, so the idea of it being overrun by pirates was amusing to contemporaries. The guns started to fire in the second week of August 1940 and were not silenced until 1944, when the batteries were overrun by Allied ground forces. It was known by then that the 5th Panzer Division had broken through the French from Grandvilliers and Formerie and overrun British troops south of the Aumale. At least this year's overrun isn't as unmanageable as last year! Most of the area today called northern England and been overrun by the invading Angles of Deira and Bernicia who were in the process of forming the Kingdom of Northumbria. Although it recovered its independence after his death in 1063, Gwent was the first of the Welsh kingdoms to be overrun following the Norman conquest. A National Border Patrol Strategic Plan was first developed in 1994 to deal with the fact that borders were being overrun by illegal immigrants and drug dealers. Vast territories in eastern England were overrun and occupied by the Vikings and the Danish King, Canute, eventually succeeded to the English crown. These include automatic take-off performance figure checking, en route driftdown and diversion planning, and a runway overrun warning and protection system. In Asia, the Red Army had overrun Manchuria in the last month of the war, and it went on to occupy the large swathe of Korean territory located north of the 38th parallel. That's why the overrun brake on your Ml I9A2 howitzer isn't getting lubed. Edward was less successful in Gascony, which was overrun by the French. Show More Sentences Arachnophobia A VERY funny spoof on the old Hollywood bug invasion flicks, this 1990 skin-itcher had sleepy rural America overrun with a swarm of deadly Venezuelan nasties. On Thursday, the militants overrun and destroyed three checkposts at Hassan Khal and Jina Kor areas, killing two and kidnapping 23 militia personnel. Investigators in Ecuador believe a Fokker F28 crew was ill-prepared to abort take-off after a fire alert, and that the delay led the jet to overrun at Quito last year. Ambulance paramedics are leaving the profession because they find the work too stressful, shifts can overrun by two hours and meal breaks can be missed. Examples from Classical Literature It was a crazy, tumble-down old house, abutting of course on the river, and literally overrun with rats. It is overrun with low bushes, and a few other plants, such as the large purple-flowered Bossioea, and ipomoea maritima. This court is overrun with Jesuits, and we must needs adopt their vernacular. The fierce mountaineers had allied themselves with Median tribes and overrun the buffer State of the Mannai. The benefit overran the merit the first day, and has overrun the merit ever since. A gold base deeply chiselled in wave-diaper and overrun with a paste of aubergine purple is the most pleasing. Whatever the cause of the war, it's the bitterness of death for these people to be overrun. It was overrun with Roman wormwood and beggar-ticks, which last stuck to my clothes for all fruit. She has badly overrun her station, and sheers to the left of our leading ship. The country they were about to colonise had been recently overrun by Kafir hordes. So, Captain Nemo, it is not the first time you have overrun the Red Sea on board the Nautilus? Frequently, after seating myself upon the ground in some shady place during the heat of the day, I would be completely overrun with them. The house was overrun with ivy, its chimney being enlarged by the boughs of the parasite to the aspect of a ruined tower. The Normans overrun us, and are in such great favor that none may say them nay. The sans souci was overrun with rabble, the stair and verandah thronged. What matter if the herds of dinosaurs overrun us and destroy lives? A leek has overrun whole districts, and will prove very troublesome, but it was imported as a favour by a French vessel. A small hollow, overrun with hackmatack, led up towards the spot. It is more free and easy, not so hidebound and overrun with hypocrisy. The whole front of the cottage was overrun with a honeysuckle. Show More Sentences What makes this duty the more urgent is that fact that the country so overrun is not our own, but ours is the invading army. Urartu was also overrun by the fierce barbarians from the north. The populous States would, with little difficulty, overrun their less populous neighbors. The surrounding walls are overrun with vines and bordered by pear trees. With the world overrun by the living dead, reanimated cadaver R falls for one of the few humans left on the planet, to the horror of her dad. I don't know whether other units ever had that unpleasant experience, but, at least every morning and once just at dusk, the Germans tried to overrun us in this bridgehead. It was a crazy old house with a wharf of its own, abutting on the water when the tide was in, and on the mud when the tide was out, and literally overrun with rats. French Indo-China had been overrun, filled up, by Chinese immigrants. The Scots town managed to stop a Viking invasion in 1263 when, allegedly, a barefoot Norseman stepped on a thistle and cried out in pain and the Vikings were overrun. If you believe what you read in the personals, the world is overrun with attractive, fun-loving, bright, wealthy people who just can't find a date. Find more words! Another word for Opposite of Meaning of Rhymes with Sentences with Find word forms Translate from English Translate to English Words With Friends Scrabble Crossword / Codeword Words starting with Words ending with Words containing exactly Words containing letters Pronounce Find conjugations Find names From Afrikaans From Albanian From Amharic From Arabic From Armenian From Azerbaijani From Basque From Belarusian From Bengali From Bosnian From Bulgarian From Catalan From Cebuano From Chichewa From Chinese From Corsican From Croatian From Czech From Danish From Dutch From Esperanto From Estonian From Farsi From Filipino From Finnish From French From Frisian From Galician From Georgian From German From Greek From Gujarati From Haitian Creole From Hausa From Hebrew From Hindi From Hmong From Hungarian From Icelandic From Igbo From Indonesian From Irish From Italian From Japanese From Javanese From Kannada From Kazakh From Khmer From Korean From Kurdish From Kyrgyz From Lao From Latin From Latvian From Lithuanian From Luxembourgish From Macedonian From Malagasy From Malay From Malayalam From Maltese From Maori From Marathi From Mongolian From Burmese From Nepali From Norwegian From Polish From Portuguese From Punjabi From Romanian From Russian From Samoan From Scots Gaelic From Serbian From Sesotho From Shona From Sinhala From Slovak From Slovenian From Somali From Spanish From Sundanese From Swahili From Swedish From Tajik From Tamil From Telugu From Thai From Turkish From Ukrainian From Urdu From Uzbek From Vietnamese From Welsh From Xhosa From Yiddish From Yoruba From Zulu To Afrikaans To Albanian To Amharic To Arabic To Armenian To Azerbaijani To Basque To Belarusian To Bengali To Bosnian To Bulgarian To Catalan To Cebuano To Chichewa To Chinese To Corsican To Croatian To Czech To Danish To Dutch To Esperanto To Estonian To Farsi To Filipino To Finnish To French To Frisian To Galician To Georgian To German To Greek To Gujarati To Haitian Creole To Hausa To Hebrew To Hindi To Hmong To Hungarian To Icelandic To Igbo To Indonesian To Irish To Italian To Japanese To Javanese To Kannada To Kazakh To Khmer To Korean To Kurdish To Kyrgyz To Lao To Latin To Latvian To Lithuanian To Luxembourgish To Macedonian To Malagasy To Malay To Malayalam To Maltese To Maori To Marathi To Mongolian To Burmese To Nepali To Norwegian To Polish To Portuguese To Punjabi To Romanian To Russian To Samoan To Scots Gaelic To Serbian To Sesotho To Shona To Sinhala To Slovak To Slovenian To Somali To Spanish To Sundanese To Swahili To Swedish To Tajik To Tamil To Telugu To Thai To Turkish To Ukrainian To Urdu To Uzbek To Vietnamese To Welsh To Xhosa To Yiddish To Yoruba To Zulu English French Afrikaans Word Albanian Word Arabic Word Bengali Word Chinese Word Croatian Word Czech Word Danish Word Dutch Word English Word Finnish Word French Word German Word Greek Word Hindi Word Hungarian Word Icelandic Word Indonesian Word Italian Word Japanese Word Korean Word Latin Word Malay Word Malayalam Word Marathi Word Nepali Word Norwegian Word Polish Word Portuguese Word Romanian Word Russian Word Serbian Word Slovak Word Spanish Word Swahili Word Swedish Word Tamil Word Telugu Word Thai Word Turkish Word Ukrainian Word Uzbek Word Vietnamese Word Welsh Word All words 2-letter words 3-letter words 4-letter words 5-letter words 6-letter words 7-letter words 8-letter words 9-letter words 10-letter words 11-letter words 12-letter words 13-letter words 14-letter words Plural of Singular of Past tense of Present tense of Verb for Adjective for Adverb for Noun for Meaning of name Origin of name Names meaning Names starting with Names of origin overrun Use * for blank tiles (max 2) Advanced Search Advanced Search Use * for blank spaces Advanced Search Advanced Word Finder See Also What is another word for overrun? What is the opposite of overrun? Words that rhyme with overrun What is the past tense of overrun? What is the plural of overrun? What is the adjective for overrun? What is the noun for overrun? Use our Sentence Generator Nearby Words overruling overrules overruled overrule overruff overrode Overrun overrunning overruns overs oversaturate oversaturated 7-letter Words Starting With o ov ove over overr overru