Use of overtake in Sentences. 29 Examples

The examples include overtake at the start of sentence, overtake at the end of sentence and overtake in the middle of sentence

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overtake at the end of sentence


  1. The red car was pulling out ready to overtake.
  2. Always check your rear view mirror before you overtake .
  3. Always check your rear-view mirror before pulling out to overtake.

overtake in the middle of sentence


  1. No one could overtake him.
  2. Never overtake on a curve.
  3. I pulled out to overtake a bus.
  4. Always overtake on the outside.
  5. Never try to overtake on a bend.
  6. He pulled out to overtake the van.
  7. I accelerated to overtake the bus.
  8. He pulled out to overtake a truck.
  9. He tried to overtake on the inside.
  10. The car accelerated to overtake me.
  11. It's dangerous to overtake on a bend.
  12. We managed to overtake the last train.
  13. It's dangerous to overtake at a corner.
  14. Tragedy was shortly to overtake him, however.
  15. He increased his speed to overtake the lorry.
  16. The driver behind me tried to overtake on the inside.
  17. I went to overtake him on the back straight on the last lap.
  18. The road was too narrow for me to overtake the car in front.
  19. He was about to pull out to overtake the guy in front of him.
  20. Pulling out to overtake, the car collided head-on with a van.
  21. She put on an impressive turn of speed to overtake the others.
  22. In the next century, nuclear energy could overtake oil as the main fuel.
  23. As the cars overtake you, they are temporarily outside your field of vision.
  24. He couldn't overtake the leader because he was boxed in by the other runners.
  25. As they reached the final bend, Graham drew level and threatened to overtake him.
  26. He tried to overtake three cars on a blind corner and crashed head-on into a lorry.

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