Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: overtook
IPA transcription: [,oʊvɚt'ʊk]
Usage examples
  • Remorse overtook her.
  • He overtook her a long way in, walking rapidly.
  • But the boys instantly overtook him and caught hold of him on all sides.
  • "Yes; and I would have said it, had death and salvation overtook me for it.
  • When he overtook the tall soldier he began to plead with all the words he could find.
  • They began to flee. But Saul's army followed and overtook them and killed great numbers.
  • As soon as the judge had disappeared, Billy beckoned to his friends, who speedily overtook him.
  • So it fell out one night as he was going through a great wood that such bad weather overtook him.
  • The race was a long one, but neither the madman nor his friend flagged until they overtook the party.
  • One of the most thrilling experiences of the following winter was a blizzard, which overtook us in our wanderings.