Sentence examples for were overtaken from inspiring English sources

Italian and Irish cliques were overtaken by African-American and Latino street gangs.

The negotiations themselves were overtaken by the activity in the street.

The leading teams each won only one board out of three, and were overtaken.

Both questions, though, were overtaken by third: What about the children?

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

But both were overtaken by it: over time, neither has proved entirely suited to its purpose.

In emerging markets such as India and China, Samsung's smartphone sales were overtaken by local rivals.

The Byzantine defenders were defeated and retreated toward Gaza but were overtaken and almost annihilated.

Taped phone-sex advertisements and conversations set the context before they were overtaken by crackling static.

After years of outperformance, most of the stock market's raciest shares were overtaken by the mundane.

They were overtaken by a group of scientists, who exchanged a few words with his father.