Examples of 'overran' in a sentence
Meaning of "overran"
Overrun (verb): To spread over or occupy a place quickly and in large numbers, often exceeding capacity or limits. It can also refer to exceeding a budget or deadline due to unexpected circumstances
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They overran the base an hour ago.
The soldiers soon overran the fortress.
They overran city after city here.
Expenditure on aid for cotton overran appropriations.
Protesters overran a barricade and taunted police.
Before he was taken away and overran.
It is enough to overran to any one human brain.
Danish forces made a defensive stand only to be overran.
Lava overran the rest of the community.
Under this name it overran the empire.
They overran it and continued to threaten the area.
He said they overran last night.
They overran it and took prisoners and booty.
The cavalrymen overran the airstrip.
They overran it yesterday using tanks to crush any opposition.
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Pompey then overran the country.
Our family dinner overran.
The bayous overran that land long ago.
That was before the army overran our camp.
Nedunganadu was overran without striking even a single blow.
Nobody will remember whether it overran a few months.
It really overran my budget this year.
She attacked a police officer and overran a checkpoint.
Nick just overran the conference.
The last one overran.
Then they overran the fort and plundered everything.
Three years ago zombies overran the world.
Clark overran third base.
And they got overran.
Zombies overran the lab.
There were no fire exits and the toilets often overran.
The storms overran the facility.
It is set in a dark world overran by.
The shadowhunters overran the ship and destroyed it.
Overran compiling workspace.
German forces quickly overran much of the country.
We overran their trenches.
The system overran itself.
We overran enemy headquarters.
Balao fired four torpedoes which overran their target.
They overran a handful of guards.
The aircraft did not stop and overran the runway.
Armies overran it three times.
The case overran.
They overran the building.
The second attack toward also quickly overran the defenders.
They overran the fort.
The aircraft touched down fast and overran the runway.
The grass overran everything.
Overran and occupied it.
