3 sentences with 'overrun'

Example sentences and phrases with the word overrun and other words derived from it.


« Over the course of the next few years, the rebellion in St. Domingue saw French authority destroyed, plantations overrun, and hundreds of thousands of slaves seizing their freedom. »
« Judah was overrun by the Assyrians, but Jerusalem withstood a long enough siege to convince the Assyrians to accept bribes to leave, and instead became a satellite kingdom dominated by the Assyrians but still ruled by a Hebrew king. »
« So German forces mounted a major campaign in the spring of 1918 that broke through the western lines and got within 40 miles of Paris, but by then German troops had overrun their supply lines, lost cover and now faced the combined French, British and American reserves. Another attempted offensive in July failed, and the Entente (and American) powers began to push the German forces back. »

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