Sentence examples for almost overran from inspiring English sources

He almost overran the Confederate lines before he was wounded and captured.

After the insurgents almost overran the district in December, the Afghan army and police sent reinforcements to stave them off.

ABC/BBC brilliantly followed this rule on the 18th, when a nearly crazed mob almost overran the fairway, interrupting Woods's march to the green.

In 2008, they almost overran a U.S. base there, killing nine American soldiers.

They tried again on the 12th, and the German response was an attack by infantry supported by armour, which not only drove the Black Watch back, but almost overran the 9th Parachute Battalion's position.

The town became a symbol of Kurdish resistance against IS after the extremists almost overran it before being beaten back by Kurdish fighters backed by Syrian rebels and US-led airstrikes.

In September 1980, however, Ābādān was almost overrun in the course of Iraq's surprise invasion of Khūzestān.

Pentagon officials noted that Captain Myer was awarded a Silver Star for his leadership during the vicious fight, in which the American and Afghan soldiers at the outpost were almost overrun by insurgents.

Previous inquiries focused on decisions and actions by the small unit assigned to a remote outpost in Wanat in northeastern Afghanistan, which was almost overrun in a surprise attack by insurgents.

Although the Marine defenses were almost overrun, Kawaguchi's attack was ultimately defeated, with heavy losses for the Japanese.

Almost overrun with souvenir joints, but still a sobering trip back to World War II, when Allied POWs were brutalized into building a railroad.