Sentence examples for almost overtook from inspiring English sources

The Indonesian team almost overtook both.

Hyundai almost overtook Toyota in China this year and is the biggest foreign car brand in India.

The rise of the centrist François Bayrou, who at one point almost overtook the Socialist Ségolène Royal, has muddied the electoral arithmetic.

The science-fiction saga almost overtook its predecessor's record of $1.843bn at the weekend, after six weeks topping box-office charts around the globe.

Those thoughts and worries almost overtook the loss of Josh.

Rather than kicking on though, the team lost their balance and rather limped over the line into the playoffs, almost overtaken on the run in by a very mediocre Dallas team.

A quick clip from inside the safety car shows how fast it's shifting in front of the pack, because it's due in at the end of this lap... Lap 6: A bit of naughtiness between Vettel and Hamilton as the safety car comes in, with the German speeding up and slowing down, forcing the Brit to almost overtake him under yellow.

In contrast, in news reports, they are almost overtaken by 'projecting' relations of the subtype 'locution' reflecting the need in the media to provide the source of information by quoting and reporting people (sometimes called "attribution").

They fled but were almost overtaken by Tereus at Daulia in Phocis.

I have never felt so overwhelmed and, frankly, almost overtaken, by love in my life.

In my memory, I found myself sitting in my grandparents' little living room in that old house in Mississippi--beside a Christmas tree dancing with twinkling lights and almost overtaken by sparkly-papered presents.