Sentence examples for from being overrun from inspiring English sources

They have managed for almost two months to prevent their city from being overrun.

His bravery, Mr. Obama said, helped prevent the outpost from being overrun by Taliban fighters.

Jones, whose troops kept the district from being overrun by the Taliban, was obviously the supreme power in Arghandab.

And it was a counterpoint to the monstrous waves and dangerous undertows that have kept the area from being overrun.

"We had to do something to protect ourselves, and this seemed the best way to keep from being overrun".

For months, the NATO airstrikes have kept the rebel movement breathing by preventing its fighters and stronghold here from being overrun by Colonel Qaddafi's troops.

We meet a guard whom the church has posted at the door to prevent services from being overrun by architecture pilgrims.

Showgoers lined up outside the entrance and were let in one at a time by Powermat representatives who were trying to keep the space from being overrun.

"The Compatibility Gene" will enhance most readers' appreciation for the immune system's heroic daily struggles to prevent their body from being overrun by alien life-forms.

Diminutive and genial, he spoke candidly of his hopes to bring the best out of the Rangers squad inherited from Gerry Francis - despite being overrun in the second half here, they did not drop their heads and give up - and conceded that glances are being cast towards the March 22 transfer deadline.

Yet the 27-year-old's disquiet at being played out of position by Ferguson means he can be no solution for Moyes, and that encapsulates the manager's problem: as he seeks to stop United being overrun again, from where – and how fast – can he find one?