Overtaken

Examples

• I walked on so fast that even he could hardly have overtaken me had he tried. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• He had remained on that three-foot path, with sheer wall on one side and sheer drop on the other, until his enemy had overtaken him. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• She had wintered at Davos Platz, and was journeying now to join her friends at Lucerne, when a sudden hemorrhage had overtaken her. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• He was vigorously pursued, and was overtaken at Cassville on the 19th, but during the ensuing night retreated across the Etowah. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Then, having left the door open behind him, he was leading the horse away over the moor, when he was either met or overtaken by the trainer. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• Guardian, said I, do you remember, when we were overtaken by the thunder-storm, Lady Dedlock's speaking to you of her sister? Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• The party that had overtaken them, and followed in their train, consisted of only three members: one lady and two gentlemen. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• Why--do you mean that you've been overtaken? Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• They kept on a north-northeasterly course for two days, when they were overtaken by a calm which lasted for nearly a week. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• They pushed off immediately, advising me to make haste for fear of being overtaken by the tide, and so bade me farewell. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
• What strong feeling had overtaken her at last? Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• There they were overtaken by the sledge, that came tinkling through the silence. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• Late on the 17th, his rear-guard was overtaken near Adairsville, and heavy skirmishing followed. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• And what would he have done had he overtaken us? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• On the 12th he was overtaken by General Burbridge, and completely routed with heavy loss, and was finally driven out of the State. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• They were, perhaps, overtaken by the growth of the European forests, as the climate became milder and damper. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The enemy south of Hatcher's Run retreated westward to Sutherland's Station, where they were overtaken by Miles's division. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• He was the same who had overtaken the reddleman on the road that afternoon. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.

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