Get to know Overthrowing better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning.
Overthrowing meaning
present participle and gerund of overthrow
Using Overthrowing
- The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of overthrow
- In the example corpus, overthrowing often appears in combinations such as: overthrowing the, in overthrowing, of overthrowing.
Context around Overthrowing
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 9 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Overthrowing
- In this selection, "overthrowing" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 27.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, palmer, violently, proletariat, colonialism, oliver and zaidu stand out and add context to how "overthrowing" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include after overthrowing his son and aimed at overthrowing president nicolás. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "overthrowing" sits close to words such as aau, abandons and affections, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with overthrowing
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Talking about overthrowing one’s expectations. (6 words)
They will rise again, like the proletariat overthrowing their bourgeois oppressors. (11 words)
After overthrowing his son and retaking the club, Sebastian Shaw formed his second Inner Circle. (15 words)
If he gets a chance and plays his cards well, the left back has a genuine chance of overthrowing Zaidu Sanusi, Bruno Onyemaechi and Jamilu Collins, all of whom have delivered below-the-weather displays at left back for the Super Eagles lately. (43 words)
According to Sudan Tribune news agency, the RSF has deployed heavily in Nyala since the beginning of October, mobilizing thousands of tribal fighters from Central, West, and East Darfur to support them in overthrowing the army leadership in South Darfur. (40 words)
Prigozhin has said the rebellion was not aimed at overthrowing the government but at “bringing to justice” the defence minister and chief of the general staff for what he called their blunders and unprofessional actions in Ukraine. (37 words)
Example sentences (20)
According to Sudan Tribune news agency, the RSF has deployed heavily in Nyala since the beginning of October, mobilizing thousands of tribal fighters from Central, West, and East Darfur to support them in overthrowing the army leadership in South Darfur.
Gen Abdourahmane Tchiani, the head of the presidential guards unit, declared himself Niger's new ruler on 26 July after overthrowing him.
Prigozhin has said the rebellion was not aimed at overthrowing the government but at “bringing to justice” the defence minister and chief of the general staff for what he called their blunders and unprofessional actions in Ukraine.
Prigozhin reportedly hailed the Niger coup for overthrowing colonialism, meaning a pro-Western leader; he offered his troops to help reestablish order, meaning repression of the new regime’s opponents.
Talking about overthrowing one’s expectations.
Together, they hunt down the person who runs the Time Variance Authority with the goal of overthrowing his rule and setting all the hunted variants free to live in peace.
But Devils Lake turned it over on downs at Wahpeton’s 20-yard line, with Mason Palmer overthrowing Oliver Wirth while under pressure.
He asserted that this alliance was not for overthrowing the government but for the supremacy of the constitution.
If he gets a chance and plays his cards well, the left back has a genuine chance of overthrowing Zaidu Sanusi, Bruno Onyemaechi and Jamilu Collins, all of whom have delivered below-the-weather displays at left back for the Super Eagles lately.
In the three years since they returned to power after overthrowing the Nato-backed regime in Kabul, the Taliban have fostered diplomatic relations with several major countries including China, Russia and Pakistan.
Members of a group called the “United Patriots” are accused of planning to bring a prince into power by violently overthrowing the government.
They will rise again, like the proletariat overthrowing their bourgeois oppressors.
In Greek mythology, before the gods of Olympus, there were the Titans, a group of siblings who came to power by overthrowing their dad, Uranus, and chopping off his dick.
One belongs to the era of monarchies, oligarchies and tyrants where rulers cannot be changed by the people without overthrowing them.
The UK government under David Cameron and France under Nicolas Sarkozy were instrumental in overthrowing Gaddafi – but while London now works diplomatically from the sidelines, Paris has kept a strong hand in events on the ground.
They both spoke at the protest and distributed flyers that called for the overthrowing of the current system.
Venezuela's Attorney General Tarek William Saab gives a press conference regarding what the government calls a failed attack over the weekend aimed at overthrowing President Nicolás Maduro in Caracas, Venezuela, Friday, May 8, 2020.
While conservatives drew a from the cold war to the war on terror, the reality of the US record since the second world war has been contradictory in both supporting and overthrowing democratically elected governments.
After overthrowing his son and retaking the club, Sebastian Shaw formed his second Inner Circle.
ANA did not stand for the Afghan National Army, but rather for the Army of the Northern Alliance, the force the Taliban was fighting in 2001 and who the US put into power after overthrowing the Taliban.
Common combinations with overthrowing
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- overthrowing the 20×
- in overthrowing 10×
- of overthrowing 10×
- after overthrowing 5×
- at overthrowing 4×
- overthrowing his 4×
- to overthrowing 3×
- overthrowing of 3×
- overthrowing him 2×
- for overthrowing 2×