Sentence examples for to overrun from inspiring English sources

Nutria began to overrun the marshes.

It took American marines five weeks to overrun them.

Obama warned of the dangers of the Sunni extremists trying to "overrun sacred Shia sites".

The British had stopped his drive to overrun Egypt and seize the canal.

The Vietcong would not be able to overrun outposts at night with quite their current ease.

Then came a Japanese swing southward that by August threatened to overrun Port Moresby, New Guinea.

An attempt in 1260 to overrun Samogitia likewise was defeated at Durpe (Durbe).

"It's not always easy to overrun 10 men and Doyle was a big part of that.

"We are going to overrun the amount of 20 billion Swiss francs," or $22 billion.

In July, they tried to overrun a new American outpost in Nuristan province, killing nine Americans.

Gung-ho Pershing hankered to overrun terrain that Germany had already agreed to yield.