OVERTURN in a Sentence
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34 example sentences for OVERTURN, such as:
1. The Court of Appeal overturned the original ruling.
2. The road was completely blocked by an overturned truck.
3. She completely overturned my preconceptions about film stars.
4. He saw his father's sledge overturned, with his mother and sisters.
5. The lorry veered out of control, overturned and smashed into a wall.
2. The road was completely blocked by an overturned truck.
3. She completely overturned my preconceptions about film stars.
4. He saw his father's sledge overturned, with his mother and sisters.
5. The lorry veered out of control, overturned and smashed into a wall.
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Meanings and Examples of OVERTURN
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overturn
v. cause the downfall of; of rulers
v. cause to overturn from an upright or normal position
Classic Sentence: (28 in 2 pages)
1 The repast was magnificent; Monte Cristo had endeavored completely to overturn the Parisian ideas, and to feed the curiosity as much as the appetite of his guests.
2 Now we discover our error; a title and promotion attach you to the government we wish to overturn.
3 This lasted several minutes, until the frightful overturn of reason was accomplished; then uttering a loud cry followed by a burst of laughter, he rushed down the stairs.
4 Not the hated face of the Laconian woman, Tyndarus' daughter; not Paris is to blame; the gods, the gods in anger overturn this magnificence, and make Troy topple down.
5 Thou canst set brothers once united in armed conflict, and overturn families with hatreds; thou canst launch into houses thy whips and deadly brands; thine are a thousand names, a thousand devices of injury.
6 The tall ash echoes to the axe's strokes; they overturn pines that soar into the sky, and busily cleave oaken logs and scented cedar with wedges, and drag mountain-ashes on their groaning waggons.
7 And if he can't live there, he'll die there, sooner than he'll overturn the Doctor's plans.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context Highlight In CHAPTER 19. I LOOK ABOUT ME, AND MAKE A DISCOVERY
Context Highlight In CHAPTER 19. I LOOK ABOUT ME, AND MAKE A DISCOVERY
8 Well, well, ma'am,' said the Doctor cheerfully, 'I am not bigoted to my plans, and I can overturn them myself.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context Highlight In CHAPTER 19. I LOOK ABOUT ME, AND MAKE A DISCOVERY
Context Highlight In CHAPTER 19. I LOOK ABOUT ME, AND MAKE A DISCOVERY
9 ; and that which they wished to overturn in overturning royalty in France, was, as we have explained, the usurpation of man over man, and of privilege over right in the entire universe.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XX—THE DEAD ARE IN THE RIGHT AND THE LIVING ARE N...
Context Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XX—THE DEAD ARE IN THE RIGHT AND THE LIVING ARE N...
10 Grimaud came, rubbing his half-open eyes, to answer this noisy summons, and d'Artagnan sprang with such violence into the room as nearly to overturn the astonished lackey.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context Highlight In 38 HOW, WITHOUT INCOMMDING HIMSELF, ATHOS PROCURES HIS EQUIPMENT
Context Highlight In 38 HOW, WITHOUT INCOMMDING HIMSELF, ATHOS PROCURES HIS EQUIPMENT
11 The sudden overturn of the Republicans did not bring joy to everyone.
12 He saw his father's sledge overturned, with his mother and sisters.
13 They tried to jump over each other, got tangled up in the harness, and overturned the sledge.
14 Robert was out there under the shed, reclining in the shade against the sloping keel of the overturned boat.
15 He had been overturned and crushed by their lack of sense in holding the position, when intelligent deliberation would have convinced them that it was impossible.
Example Sentence:
1 He is accused of an armed attempt to overturn the constitutional order; if he is convicted he could face life imprisonment.
2 A judge this week is to rule on a defense request to reduce or overturn her second-degree murder conviction.
3 The road was completely blocked by an overturned truck.
4 She completely overturned my preconceptions about film stars.
5 The lorry veered out of control, overturned and smashed into a wall.
6 The Court of Appeal overturned the original ruling.