Sentence examples for a district overrun from inspiring English sources

Isis has released disturbing images purporting to show the bodies of men hanging from the entrance of a district overrun by the extremist group in Iraq.

Meanwhile, back in the besieged city, early-morning shelling resumed, and the stand-off continued between the Syrian army and a Red Cross relief mission trying to reach thousands stranded in a district overrun by regime troops.

NATO was also investigating an air assault last week in Nuristan Province that drove out Taliban fighters after they had overrun part of a district center.

Taliban insurgents overran a district in one of the northern Afghan provinces hit by a powerful earthquake this week, underlining the security problems that have hampered efforts to get emergency relief to remote mountainous regions.

And this prison is in a district represented by a Democratic senator, who naturally sees despair, locusts and Republicans overrunning the land should it be closed.

Elsewhere in Afghanistan, the Taliban overran the center of Barg-e-Mahtal, a district of Nuristan Province, in a remote area of northeastern Afghanistan on the Pakistan border, an Interior Ministry spokesman said.

Each is headed by a district officer.

A district court dismissed the case.

Gwyneth was a district nurse.

Graham remains a district employee.

Wallace, a district highway engineer.