Sentence examples for swiftly overtake from inspiring English sources

But Hrabal saw that the same technique could be adapted to describe another version of the marvellous; another way in which reality could swiftly overtake a character, and demonstrate his laughability.

But because Pfizer also becomes the fastest-growing pharmaceutical company, it is expected to swiftly overtake Glaxo-SmithKline, the British giant being created by Glaxo Wellcome and SmithKline Beecham, which announced merger plans last month.

The guerrillas swiftly overtook Pond and his men, who raced on foot toward the fort.

The woman was swiftly overtaken by another supporter of Mr. Weiner.

The sense of community loss was swiftly overtaken by Sept. 11.

These new giants have swiftly overtaken some long-established Western competitors, in terms of market value.

Curvy jodhpurs were swiftly overtaken by swingy pleated dresses or by shorts, leaving the requisite flash of flesh at the thigh above the riding boots.

Bright poor children are swiftly overtaken at school by dimmer rich ones and have only a small chance of becoming rich adults.

Trump's behavior since the election has been grandiose and narcissistic, with quick, surprising moments of apparent sanity or reasonableness that are swiftly overtaken by rampaging id.

Henry's achievements would be swiftly overtaken by the more dramatic voyages to the Americas, but he ordered the exploration and charting of more than 2,000 miles of the African coastline.

[A18.] NEW GIANTS IN INDIA Skyrocketing stock markets and a surging rupee are creating publicly traded behemoths in India that have swiftly overtaken some long-established Western competitors in terms of market value.