Example sentences for: overthrow

How can you use “overthrow” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Two blocks north is another lively square, Praça dos Restauradores, with its historic obelisk commemorating the overthrow of Spanish Hapsburg rule in 1640.

  • They weren't trying to restrict a rival gang, enforce a political ideal, or overthrow authority.

  • An article argues that Timothy McVeigh's view of the Constitution--people may judge and overthrow a government that has exceeded its authority--is consistent with the vision of the Founding Fathers (but Lincoln forged a "new Constitution" based on "nationhood, equality and democracy").

  • Quoting "a senior official in the Clinton administration," the Guardian of London claimed Monday in its main front-page story that the Pentagon is pushing for a ground attack on Yugoslavia to overthrow President Slobodan Milosevic.

  • The Age of Melbourne reported that, according to an "internal document prepared by a major American investment bank, which was circulating in the financial community," the rupiah is now a " 'gaping black hole, there is no alternative other than the probably violent overthrow of the Government [of President Suharto].


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