Sentence examples for had been overtaking from inspiring English sources

All these subtly testify to a reduction in the meanness that had been overtaking the country -- a desire to get along again.

News reports said the Toyota had been overtaking and was on the wrong side of the road when it slammed into the truck.

Two years ago, a 12-year-old boy was killed by a car that had been overtaking the caravan on the 13th stage from Avignon to Draguignan in the Rhone Valley.

In the meantime, technology had been overtaking DuPont anyway.

The firm had been overtaken by imported Chinese bicycles.

The Supreme Court's federalism revolution had been overtaken by events.

Yet by 1947 it had been overtaken by the economic crisis, which had not abated.

By 1735, dwindling spice income had been overtaken by textiles in the company's profit column.

It was burdened by debt, and had been overtaken by Pizza Hut, even in the delivery business.

One Riyadh-based fund manager said local markets had been overtaken by panic.

The speech of reconciliation he had prepared had been overtaken by events.