5 sentences with 'overtaken'
Example sentences and phrases with the word overtaken and other words derived from it.
• « For example, a naval arms race between Britain and Germany that was one of the causes of the First World War had much to do with the press in both countries exploiting the threat of being overtaken by their national rival. »
• « Fascist parties were explicitly dedicated to enforcing traditional gender roles, and when some countries were overtaken by fascist rule, women were often forced out of the workplace. »
• « This status quo was shattered in 1979 by the Iranian Revolution. What began as a coalition of intellectuals, students, workers and clerics opposed to the Shah's oppressive regime was overtaken by the most fanatical branch of the Iranian Shia clergy under the leadership of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. »
• « On 28 June 1807, the invaders disembarked in the Barragán inlet and began their advance on Buenos Aires. Commander Liniers waited for them by the Riachuelo, at the Gálvez Bridge (now Prilidiano Pueyrredón Bridge), but the British avoided meeting him by crossing the Burgos Pass (now Alsina Bridge). The British marched as far as the Corrales de Miserere, where they were overtaken on 2 July by Liniers' troops, who dispersed after fighting with little luck. »
• « The flotilla departed in February 1811 under the command of the Maltese sailor Juan Bautista Azopardo and on arriving off San Nicolás was overtaken by a squadron sent from Montevideo. »