Sentence examples for had overrun from inspiring English sources

Arab troops had overrun enemy positions.

She had overrun because the tumour was larger than expected.

What would have happened if the Nazis had overrun Britain?

Within a week the German army had overrun all of Lithuania.

After five months, production was shut down because costs had overrun.

After nearly five months, production was shut down because costs had overrun.

By then, Japan's army had conquered Southeast Asia and had overrun Burma.

In three days the Germans had overrun the first line of French defenses, and both sides hastily reinforced their positions.

Mr. Alpern gave the instruments to Columbia, he added, partly because stacked boxes had overrun his one-bedroom Manhattan apartment.

Gyges cooperated with King Ashurbanipal of Assyria in a struggle against the Cimmerians, who had overrun Phrygia, in northern Anatolia.

By the end of 1943 the Germans had lost two-thirds of the territory they had overrun.