Sentence examples for would be overtaken from inspiring English sources

Some pundits thought Adobe would be overtaken by a hot startup with sexier software.

Strong words, but before long el presidente would be overtaken by events.

He also wondered when the novelty of the free Internet would be overtaken by a wish to get something more.

A week later, and the women would be overtaken by the Masters and the start of baseball.

Mr Agnelli believed, as he had in the early 1970s, that the maturing car industry would be overtaken by more exciting activities.

In Upper Bann, his leader, David Trimble, was in defiant form, brushing off suggestions at the count that the party would be overtaken by the DUP.

"I was talented and physically strong at 14 but I'd been overtaken by the time I was 18.

By the time I stirred, ate breakfast, and wandered down the street for some fact-gathering, I'd been overtaken by events.

Flatlining in the polls, and deserted by key supporters, McCain looked like he'd been overtaken for good by his younger rivals.

From the lot, you can look out over the trees and see a landscape of office buildings, which look as though they'd been overtaken, in a "Logan's Run" kind of way, by the woodlands that they are in fact rapidly displacing.

The Queenslander started well to lead by 0.26 seconds at the first turn but by the 150m mark he'd been overtaken by Ryan Murphy, and despite a strong finish by Larkin the American claimed the 100m/200m double in 1 53.62 to edge out Larkin in 1 53.96.