On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Overturn. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as upset or reverse and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Overturn in a sentence
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Overturn meaning
- To turn over, capsize or upset.
- To overthrow or destroy.
- To reverse (a decision); to overrule or rescind.
Synonyms of Overturn
Using Overturn
- The main meaning on this page is: To turn over, capsize or upset. | To overthrow or destroy. | To reverse (a decision); to overrule or rescind.
- Useful related words include: upset, reverse, overthrow, tump over.
- In the example corpus, overturn often appears in combinations such as: to overturn, overturn the, overturn his.
Context around Overturn
- Average sentence length in these examples: 29 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 8 middle, 10 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Overturn
- In this selection, "overturn" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 29 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, container, election, bus, itself, effort and election stand out and add context to how "overturn" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include efforts to overturn the 2020 and allies to overturn his 2020. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "overturn" sits close to words such as airways, cart and evaluated, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with overturn
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
A girl aged 14 and the driver of a bus died after a crash saw a school bus overturn. (19 words)
A special counsel is currently overseeing a criminal investigation into January 6 and efforts to overturn the 2020 election. (19 words)
A city centre shop has successfully managed to overturn some of the conditions imposed after concerns of anti-social behaviour were raised. (22 words)
A federal Appeals Court panel in the District of Columbia ruled that key aides including former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows must testify in Special Counsel Jack Smith’s separate grand jury investigation of the election overturn effort. (40 words)
A law expert warned "the writing is on the wall" for former President Donald Trump as parts of a grand jury's report into attempts to overturn election results in Georgia are expected to be made public, according to Newsweek. (40 words)
A significant number of registered voters who participated in a recent poll conducted between August 11 and 14 said they thought former president Donald Trump "did something illegal" in relation to efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election. (40 words)
Example sentences (20)
Gaetz is an election denier who backed Donald Trump’s plot to overturn the 2020 electionvoted to overturn those results attacked the Capitol on Jan.
When the container is latched onto the truck, it can overturn with their trucks, so they will rather allow the container overturn itself rather than with the truck,” Usman explained.
A bid by Campbell and McKevitt to overturn the civil ruling that found them liable for the Omagh bomb is rejected by the European Court of Human Rights.
A city centre shop has successfully managed to overturn some of the conditions imposed after concerns of anti-social behaviour were raised.
A federal Appeals Court panel in the District of Columbia ruled that key aides including former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows must testify in Special Counsel Jack Smith’s separate grand jury investigation of the election overturn effort.
A Georgia grand jury indicted Trump, along with 18 of his allies, in August on charges tied to efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
A girl aged 14 and the driver of a bus died after a crash saw a school bus overturn.
A law expert warned "the writing is on the wall" for former President Donald Trump as parts of a grand jury's report into attempts to overturn election results in Georgia are expected to be made public, according to Newsweek.
Alberta’s highest court is being asked to overturn a review board decision on the stabbing deaths of five young people at a Calgary house party that confined a man to a supervised Edmonton group home.
Among the discussions: an episode in which Trump is alleged to have told Pence that he was "too honest'' for rejecting Trump's false claims that Pence had the power to overturn the vote.
Analysts with close connections to the Canadian Forces and the defence industry have praised the Liberal’s decision to overturn its election promises and proceed with the purchase of the F-35.
And Trump may face charges elsewhere; he is still under federal investigation in Washington, D.C., and in Georgia over his efforts to overturn the 2020 election results.
And what it does is it helps prosecutors, investigators understand Trump’s state of mind too in efforts to overturn the election.
A rescission motion to overturn the closely-contested decision was brought by councillors Jeff Whitton, Tony Mileto and Kevin Duffy on Wednesday morning.
A second criminal investigation is looking into alleged efforts by Mr Trump and his allies to overturn his 2020 election loss to Democrat Joe Biden.
A significant number of registered voters who participated in a recent poll conducted between August 11 and 14 said they thought former president Donald Trump "did something illegal" in relation to efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election.
A special counsel is currently overseeing a criminal investigation into January 6 and efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
A special state grand jury in Fulton County, Georgia, finishes its investigation into efforts by Trump and others to overturn the state’s 2020 presidential election results.
As things stand now, the federal case in Washington is the one most likely to go first and that's where the evidence of Donald Trump's attempt to overturn the election will be laid out in great detail.
A teacher has again avoided jail time for having sex with a 16-year-old male student after prosecutors failed to overturn her community work order.
Common combinations with overturn
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- to overturn 170×
- overturn the 96×
- overturn his 12×
- overturn roe 10×
- overturn an 4×
- not overturn 4×
- overturn election 3×
- overturn their 3×
- overturn or 3×
- and overturn 3×