Sentence examples for virtually took over from inspiring English sources

Temporarily, Mandela virtually took over the role of head of state in successfully appealing for calm.

Hundreds opened donut shops and virtually took over the donut industry in Southern California.

After the family moved to Worcester, Mass., Richard virtually took over the basement to build model planes.

Mr. Faddis, the Gillespie protege who leads the Carnegie Hall Jazz Orchestra, virtually took over the small groups, cueing finales and stepping forward with showboating high-note solos.

After World War I, light machine guns virtually took over the functions of their heavier counterparts, although the older weapons continued in service around the world through World War II and for decades thereafter.

The first Zhou rulers virtually took over the Shang culture; indeed, the earliest bronze vessels bearing Zhou inscriptions might, from their style, have been made in the Shang dynasty.

In June, China state television reported that the town had been virtually taken over by macaque monkeys.

In the meantime, Mr. Romney faces a political annoyance in Iowa, where the state Republican Party has been virtually taken over by supporters of Representative Ron Paul of Texas.

Senator Olympia J. Snowe, for years one of the Senate's most reliable swing votes, watched the Tea Party virtually take over Maine's Republican Party in 2010.

It happened in an abandoned building in the Morris Heights section that neighbors said had been virtually taken over in recent months by youths who used it for wild parties and sex.

But foreigners had virtually taken over high-end spots like Maxim, a floating cabaret outside the Cairo Marriott that slips quietly along the Nile for several hours each night.