Get to know Overturned better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like upset or upturned.
Overturned in a sentence
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Overturned meaning
simple past and past participle of overturn
Using Overturned
- The main meaning on this page is: simple past and past participle of overturn
- Useful related words include: upset, upturned, turned.
- In the example corpus, overturned often appears in combinations such as: was overturned, court overturned, overturned by.
Context around Overturned
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 10 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Overturned
- In this selection, "overturned" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, court, appeals, club, saturday, vehicles and perceptions stand out and add context to how "overturned" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 2020s and overturned policies to and and sentences overturned. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "overturned" sits close to words such as adverse, cam and colorful, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with overturned
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
A court of appeal overturned one conviction after he spent only three years behind bars. (15 words)
But even before Roe was overturned, women in Texas were already facing unequal access to care. (16 words)
But Florey warned that the legislation could be overturned by the courts, and the township would still be vulnerable. (19 words)
A man who had been previously found guilty of assault in 2018 for spitting on a Basalt police officer had his conviction overturned by the Colorado Court of Appeals and will face a new trial in Pitkin County District Court. (40 words)
And just before you nod off, you think how easily it could have completely gone the other way, had the populist, climate change deniers won state and national elections in the late 2020s and overturned policies to cut out carbon. (40 words)
After protracted negotiations with Cricket Australia lasting two seasons, Smith overturned perceptions of his waning worth as a Twenty20 batter with a series of startling displays for the Sydney Sixers in last season’s Big Bash League. (37 words)
Example sentences (20)
If the appeal is not overturned, the forward will miss replay against Palace if his three-match ban is not overturned.
A Barbour County woman has entered into a plea deal in the shooting death of her husband after the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals overturned her 2020 murder conviction.
A bus carrying 30 members of a high-school soccer club overturned Saturday in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, with 10 of the students injured and taken to hospitals, local authorities said.
A court of appeal overturned one conviction after he spent only three years behind bars.
Aerial footage posted by The Weather Channel showed a heavily damaged area of Little Rock spanning several blocks with numerous homes missing roofs and walls, some of them collapsed, and overturned vehicles littering streets.
After protracted negotiations with Cricket Australia lasting two seasons, Smith overturned perceptions of his waning worth as a Twenty20 batter with a series of startling displays for the Sydney Sixers in last season’s Big Bash League.
After the US Supreme Court overturned Roe. v. Wade last spring, restricting abortion pills became a priority for lawmakers trying to ban or limit abortion.
After the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling in June, abortion access became a state issue.
A group of lawyers and magistrates had tried to have the ban overturned, arguing that it was an attack on freedom of expression.
Although she has won her freedom, Folbigg must now go through a separate legal process to have her convictions officially overturned.
A man sentenced to three life sentences in 2018 for the rape of two underage girls on separate occasions is now appealing to have his convictions and sentences overturned.
A man who had been previously found guilty of assault in 2018 for spitting on a Basalt police officer had his conviction overturned by the Colorado Court of Appeals and will face a new trial in Pitkin County District Court.
And in the Sunday Premier Cup round one, Victoria overturned a 2-0 deficit to win 5-3 at Hawkins.
And just before you nod off, you think how easily it could have completely gone the other way, had the populist, climate change deniers won state and national elections in the late 2020s and overturned policies to cut out carbon.
And the next day an overturned cabin cruiser was discovered with eight similarly wrapped packages, each containing about 40kg of cocaine.
Australia’s High Court overturned an earlier court conviction, and Pell was freed after serving 404 days in solitary confinement.
Both vehicles ran off the road and the trailer truck overturned as the driver reportedly swerved the vehicle to avoid the collision.
Boxer Kaye Scott won silver at the world champs, but a rule would force the now 38yo to retire at 40. Kaye is working to get the rule overturned.
But even before Roe was overturned, women in Texas were already facing unequal access to care.
But Florey warned that the legislation could be overturned by the courts, and the township would still be vulnerable.
Common combinations with overturned
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- was overturned 34×
- court overturned 18×
- overturned by 18×
- overturned roe 16×
- overturned the 15×
- an overturned 11×
- overturned on 11×
- and overturned 10×
- overturned and 10×
- be overturned 9×