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Definition of Overrunning
1. overrun [v] - See also: overrun
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overrunning
Literary usage of Overrunning
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of George Fox by George Fox (1831)
"I declared to some what the Lord had let me see, when there were such fears of
his overrunning Christendom; ..."
2. The Chief American Poets: Selected Poems by Bryant, Poe, Emerson, Longfellow by Curtis Hidden Page (1905)
"... Quite forgetful of self, and full of the praise overrunning with laughter,
Said, in a tremulous voice, ' Why don't you speak for yourself, John ? ..."
3. The Invasion of the Crimea: Its Origin, and an Account of Its Progress Down by Alexander William Kinglake (1877)
"... loose bodies of troops Russian forming part of the enemy's vanguard began to
overrunning 0 r * ' B the crest appear on the crest, and soon indeed they ..."
4. The Old and New Testament Connected in the History of the Jews and by Humphrey Prideaux (1845)
"... intestine divisions which were then in that country, by reason of the revolt
of Amasis, marched with his army thither, and overrunning the whole land, ..."
5. American States, Churches, and Slavery by Joshua Rhodes Balme (1862)
"... have its refuges of lies swept away by the overrunning flood of God's desolating
vengeance; and be brought to recognise the real matter at issue. ..."
6. The Modern Gasoline Automobile: Its Design, Construction, Operation and by Victor Wilfred Pagé (1917)
"... System—Typical Starting Motors —Automatic Pinion Shift—overrunning Clutches—Electric
Lighting Systems—Bulbs and Lamp Forms—Combination Lamps—Novelties ..."
7. The Complete Golfer by Harry Vardon (1908)
"... the hole a chance"—Easier to putt back after overrunning than when short—The
trouble of Tom Morris, T)UTTING in golf Is a game within another game. ..."
8. A History of the American Revolution by William Shepherd (1834)
"... took comfort from the consideration that the enemy had effected little in the
course of the campaign, excepting the overrunning and plundering of an ..."
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