Sentence examples for attempt to overtake from inspiring English sources

Yet attempt to overtake it, and the goat would race ahead.

To be blunt, only an idiot would attempt to overtake in these circumstances.

I wondered if the bikers would attempt to overtake, but I was pleased when they hung back.

Now Ballmer has unveiled Bing – Microsoft's new search engine – in an attempt to overtake Yahoo and ultimately challenge the mighty Google as the search engine of choice.

By the end of the round, Woods was tied for 18th in the 33-player field, leaving him in a difficult position in his attempt to overtake Els.

The victory allowed Davenport, who has won her last three tournaments, to move forward in her attempt to overtake Jennifer Capriati atop the ranking.

In India lanes exist in theory only; motorists make suicidal attempts to overtake and appear to believe their horns confer protection.

Harish Nanjappa, 23, was driving his motorcycle in Nelamangala, India, when he was reportedly hit by a truck attempting to overtake him.

But coming out of the third bend, Hamilton saw a gap in Rosberg's defence and attempted to overtake him on the inside.

The motorcyclist attempted to overtake the truck and even tried to open the driver's door, but he fell and ended up under the wheels of the truck".

Dikötter, a Dutch academic, accessed previously hidden archives to shine a light on China between 1958 and 1962, when millions of Chinese – he puts the figure at 45 million – were worked, starved or beaten to death as Mao attempted to overtake the west in less than 15 years.