Sentence examples for essentially overtaken from inspiring English sources

The Japanese occupied the island early in 1942; although U.S. troops had essentially overtaken it by March 1944, remnants of the Japanese garrison remained until the end of the war.

In order to progress, you have to run even faster, beat the speed of the treadmill essentially, overtake the machine.

However, events had overtaken the leaders, and they were essentially joining a popular uprising that was already underway.

China has overtaken America again.

"I was overtaken," he said.

-- has overtaken the population.

Booming global demand has overtaken stagnant supply.

The cat had overtaken the mouse.

Changes had overtaken Shakespeare's physical theatre.

Time Warner Cable has been overtaken by bratty teenagers!

Uffie Early adopters risk being overtaken.