Sentence examples for we're overtaken from inspiring English sources

We're overtaken by a stylish Italian ski instructor in a red jacket, followed by a line of tiny children going at twice our speed.

Are we being overtaken by countries investing more aggressively in their research base?

We were overtaken by this fear so we didn't feel hunger or thirst for three days.

After the first relay change we were overtaken by the leading horses, who start 15 minutes behind the runners.

But then, as we picked up speed on the highway, we were overtaken by a car full of men waving us down.

At one point we were overtaken by a man on a motorbike with two bamboo baskets of piglets, their pink flesh bulging out through the weave.

"On our return to Obinji," Dr. Chaillu wrote, "we were overtaken by my good friend Querlaouen, who had shot a wild pig.

"I came out of the media and found myself in the Clinton White House, where we were overtaken by the first impeachment in 135 years," he said.

Driving into town, we were overtaken by Alan Sugar in his Rolls Royce, and saw a man walking his dog, with lipstick on.

A diplomatic process to deliver a political settlement for Syria must be aggressively pursued by European leaders now, before we are overtaken by events.

My brother, sister and I were relegated to our bedroom where, for some reason, we were overtaken by fits of giggles.