Sentence examples for get overtaken from inspiring English sources

At red lights, you get overtaken by clip-clopping horses pulling hansom cabs.

You may even get overtaken by a train that runs nearby.

So how did our actions get overtaken by accusations of media control and "wrecklessness"?

"Maybe Lachlan has acted before it becomes even clearer that James is the man most likely and he didn't want to get overtaken by his younger brother".

Investing in education is the only way to keep the productivity in developed countries on a high level so industry will not get overtaken by cheap labour in China and other developing countires.

As a result, poor but bright children get overtaken by their less intelligent classmates from wealthier backgrounds in the very first years of schooling, according to a 2007 study.

Often they found the script getting overtaken by events, or being reflected in headlines.

I've got a mountain bike, but I need to get something faster – I'm getting overtaken by old ladies.

The storm might then weaken as the inner eye wall erodes and gradually gets overtaken by the outer eye wall.

The question of what the facts are gets overtaken by the spectacle of a titanic struggle between company and hedge fund operator.

When you have worked as hard and as long as Izzo has, when you exist in two generations as he has, fatigue gets overtaken by ambition and hunger.