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Overflown is an English word. Below you'll find 3 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Overflown in a sentence

Overflown meaning

past participle of overfly

Using Overflown

  • The main meaning on this page is: past participle of overfly

Context around Overflown

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 24.3 words
  • Position in the sentence: 0 start, 1 middle, 2 end
  • Sentence types: 3 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often after:

causing 1×

Sentence patterns with Overflown

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

had been overflown 1× has also overflown causing flooding 1× river has overflown its banks 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

in northern italy 1× river kithakena in 1× the cia found 1×

Common sentence endings:

banks near bagnacavallo 1× had been overflown 1× maliba trading center 1×

Words around Overflown

Just before it in the word index:

overflowing 187 overflowed 54 overflow 296 overflights 36 overflight 29 overfitting 3

Just after it in the word index:

overflows 106 overfly 5 overflying 2 overfull 2 overfunded 2 overgarment 4

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaaaand 5 aaah 5 aacl 5 aak 5 aapke 5 aarav 5

Corpus analysis for Overflown

  • In this selection, "overflown" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 24.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, causing stand out and add context to how "overflown" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include had been overflown and has also overflown causing flooding. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "overflown" sits close to words such as aaaaand, aaah and aacl, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with overflown

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

River Kithakena in Maliba Sub County has also overflown causing flooding in the neighbouring areas of Kachindo and Maliba Trading Center. (21 words)

In northern Italy, more than 1,000 people were evacuated overnight in the Emilia-Romagna region and the Lamone river has overflown its banks near Bagnacavallo. (26 words)

The CIA found that the Soviets could not consistently track the U-2s, and they therefore did not know that Moscow and Leningrad had been overflown. (26 words)

Longer example sentences

In northern Italy, more than 1,000 people were evacuated overnight in the Emilia-Romagna region and the Lamone river has overflown its banks near Bagnacavallo. (26 words)

The CIA found that the Soviets could not consistently track the U-2s, and they therefore did not know that Moscow and Leningrad had been overflown. (26 words)

River Kithakena in Maliba Sub County has also overflown causing flooding in the neighbouring areas of Kachindo and Maliba Trading Center. (21 words)

Example sentences (3)

In northern Italy, more than 1,000 people were evacuated overnight in the Emilia-Romagna region and the Lamone river has overflown its banks near Bagnacavallo.

River Kithakena in Maliba Sub County has also overflown causing flooding in the neighbouring areas of Kachindo and Maliba Trading Center.

The CIA found that the Soviets could not consistently track the U-2s, and they therefore did not know that Moscow and Leningrad had been overflown.

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "overflown" in a sentence?
An example: "In northern Italy, more than 1,000 people were evacuated overnight in the Emilia-Romagna region and the Lamone river has overflown its banks near Bagnacavallo." This page contains 3 example sentences with the word "overflown" from authentic English texts.
What does "overflown" mean?
Overflown means: past participle of overfly
How many example sentences with "overflown" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 3 example sentences with "overflown", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.