How do you use Overthrow in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like overturn or reverse, plus the exact meaning.
Overthrow in a sentence
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Overthrow meaning
- To bring about the downfall of (a government, etc.), especially by force; to usurp.
- To throw down to the ground, to overturn.
Synonyms of Overthrow
Using Overthrow
- The main meaning on this page is: To bring about the downfall of (a government, etc.), especially by force; to usurp. | To throw down to the ground, to overturn.
- Useful related words include: overturn, reverse, override, overrule.
- In the example corpus, overthrow often appears in combinations such as: to overthrow, overthrow the, overthrow of.
Context around Overthrow
- Average sentence length in these examples: 28.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 9 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Overthrow
- In this selection, "overthrow" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 28.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, helping and big stand out and add context to how "overthrow" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include able to overthrow a slave and agenda to overthrow the republic. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "overthrow" sits close to words such as antenna, avail and baseline, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with overthrow
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
But we also need to fight together to overthrow the system that produces all the horrors we face. (18 words)
Ecowas has threatened military action to reverse last month’s overthrow of President Mohamed Bazoum if talks fail. (18 words)
Haiti is the only slave-led military uprising that was able to overthrow a slave-holding colonial power. (18 words)
Behind Mr Jones' desk is a framed copy of the "It's time." poster that came to define Mr Whitlam's overthrow of 23 years of conservative rule and the series of progressive reforms introduced in the Whitlam government's three years in power. (44 words)
Brussels granted Moldova the status of candidate to the EU at the same time as Ukraine last year, and Putin's orchestrating the overthrow of Moldova's leadership would inflict a slap in the face to those in Europe who oppose him. (42 words)
In order for Hashem to defeat the power of Pharaoh and Mizrayim and take us out of our predicament, He had to both overthrow the audacity of Pharaoh and elevate the spiritual sanctity of Israel at once. (37 words)
Example sentences (20)
He excoriated President Obama for assisting in the overthrow of Libya’s Muammar Qaddafi and pursuing the overthrow of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
A former president, the same president who appointed a third of the Supreme Court, has now been indicted twice for attempting to overthrow an election.
A retelling of the 80s cartoon, She-Ra and the Princesses of Power follows Adora on her quest to overthrow the forces of evil and save her home planet Etheria.
Behind Mr Jones' desk is a framed copy of the "It's time." poster that came to define Mr Whitlam's overthrow of 23 years of conservative rule and the series of progressive reforms introduced in the Whitlam government's three years in power.
Brussels granted Moldova the status of candidate to the EU at the same time as Ukraine last year, and Putin's orchestrating the overthrow of Moldova's leadership would inflict a slap in the face to those in Europe who oppose him.
But we also need to fight together to overthrow the system that produces all the horrors we face.
Donald Trump is claiming he can't be tried for attempting to overthrow the election because as President he has Presidential immunity.
Duplicating that arc is extremely difficult, not only because of the original trilogy's earthshaking impact on pop culture, but the simple fact that doing so would diminish the overthrow of The Emperor.
Ecowas has threatened military action to reverse last month’s overthrow of President Mohamed Bazoum if talks fail.
Even in Gaddafi’s time before his overthrow back in 2011 Derna was always viewed as a hotbed of Islamism and the dictator was happy enough for Derna’s residents to fight in Iraq or Afghanistan.
Far from being about losing anything, it is ‘our capacity for care and love becoming the basis for radical new social forms, made universal in the overthrow of class society’.
Fascists, however, do not seek to overthrow Big Business; they merely want an accommodation with Capital to serve their movement’s own interests, but with them in the driver’s seat.
Haiti is the only slave-led military uprising that was able to overthrow a slave-holding colonial power.
His greatest blunder, however, is when he filled in for Padme in the Senate in Episode 2: Attack of the Clones, and granted then-Chancellor Palpatine emergency powers, furthering his agenda to overthrow the Republic.
However, Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega branded Catholic figures he viewed as sympathetic to the opposition as "terrorists" who had backed efforts to overthrow him.
I apologize to our dear readers; I had hoped we could talk about comics without the looming threat of an AI overthrow—but alas, here we are.
In order for Hashem to defeat the power of Pharaoh and Mizrayim and take us out of our predicament, He had to both overthrow the audacity of Pharaoh and elevate the spiritual sanctity of Israel at once.
In that expanded story, the Ashen One is transported forward in time to the titular city that Gwyn gifted the Furtive Pygmy for helping overthrow the Everlasting Dragons.
It resulted in the overthrow of President Ferdinand Marcos’ authoritarian rule and the restoration of democracy in the Philippines.
It’s been almost two weeks since a petty revolt among Republicans led to the first successful vote to overthrow a speaker of the House.
Common combinations with overthrow
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- to overthrow 106×
- overthrow the 57×
- overthrow of 53×
- the overthrow 37×
- overthrow him 8×
- and overthrow 7×
- his overthrow 5×
- an overthrow 3×
- overthrow his 3×
- overthrow an 2×