How do you use Overrun in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like infest or invade, plus the exact meaning.
Overrun meaning
- To defeat an enemy and invade in great numbers, seizing the enemy positions conclusively.
- To infest, swarm over, flow over.
- To run past; to run beyond.
Synonyms of Overrun
Overrun vertaling naar Nederlands
Using Overrun
- The main meaning on this page is: To defeat an enemy and invade in great numbers, seizing the enemy positions conclusively. | To infest, swarm over, flow over. | To run past; to run beyond.
- Useful related words include: infest, invade, occupy, spill.
- Possible Dutch translations are: overschijden, voorbijlopen, inhalen.
- In the example corpus, overrun often appears in combinations such as: overrun by, overrun with, was overrun.
Context around Overrun
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 11 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Overrun
- In this selection, "overrun" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, lmao, world, got, ordinary, garcia and eating stand out and add context to how "overrun" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 5 totally overrun first half and a house overrun with zombies. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "overrun" sits close to words such as agitation, alec and bluff, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with overrun
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Abbreviations like “idk” and “lmao” overrun ordinary speech. (8 words)
I thought SF was overrun by the homeless? (8 words)
It was overrun at the time by militia members. (9 words)
In an explanation to analysts of the cost overrun, Garcia said about 80 per cent of the original budgeted costs for the furnace project were contracted out during the past fiscal year with only 20 per cent remaining uncontracted by year’s end. (43 words)
It would be difficult to find any other community service or business in Pagosa Springs that basically doubled its patronage in the summer of 2023… compared to the summer of 2022 when the town was overrun with tourists. (38 words)
Many of the Confederate troops halted as the Union camp was overrun, eating the food the retreating troops had been preparing, ransacking their camp in search of valuables that the fleeing army had been left behind. (36 words)
I thought SF was overrun by the homeless? (8 words)
Example sentences (20)
Abbreviations like “idk” and “lmao” overrun ordinary speech.
A digger removes the rubble from the police station that was overrun by Hamas militants on Saturday.
As you can read below the big money does not benefit the Oregon communities who are overrun by weed shops.
Blending PvP and PvE elements, this third-person shooter drops players in a world overrun with dinosaur hordes, which arrive on the scene courtesy of portals.
Five evacuation shelters have been opened on Maui and officials earlier said they were "overrun" with people.
Great - not too long before the Station is overrun with them.
He wrote on Reddit: “The party started great but very quickly got overrun by more and more people.
In an explanation to analysts of the cost overrun, Garcia said about 80 per cent of the original budgeted costs for the furnace project were contracted out during the past fiscal year with only 20 per cent remaining uncontracted by year’s end.
It gets pretty dark in some places, including the specifics of Lukion's prison, a house overrun with zombies, and how defeated the gnomes are.
I thought SF was overrun by the homeless?
It’s a deprived city in the universe and sees a bleak future that is overrun with corporations, corruption, and intense gang violence that rages across the different districts.
It was overrun at the time by militia members.
It would be difficult to find any other community service or business in Pagosa Springs that basically doubled its patronage in the summer of 2023… compared to the summer of 2022 when the town was overrun with tourists.
Jimmy John Thompson, a member of the Timbisha Shoshone Tribe, feels Nevada is being overrun by clean-energy projects, and argued that tribal communities will be left behind.
Many of the Confederate troops halted as the Union camp was overrun, eating the food the retreating troops had been preparing, ransacking their camp in search of valuables that the fleeing army had been left behind.
MIT allowed these terrorism supporters to overrun the campus and refused to protect their victims.
Mr. Biden’s trip was a brazen rebuke to Russian President Vladimir Putin, who had hoped his military would swiftly overrun Kyiv within days.
Now that they have overrun the GQP, places like SC might stand a better chance of some sort of cannabis legalization.
Pape Sarr - 5. Totally overrun first half but battled on, didn’t make any major errors and won possession with some decent challenges in the middle.
Rail stations and airports in China's cities are overrun with people heading home for holidays.
Common combinations with overrun
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- overrun by 67×
- overrun with 32×
- was overrun 16×
- is overrun 16×
- overrun the 14×
- to overrun 13×
- be overrun 13×
- been overrun 12×
- being overrun 11×
- cost overrun 9×