Example sentences for: overthrown

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

  • The conservative Le Figaro of Paris said Schröder has overthrown "a historic monument," a man who, following Thomas Mann's formula, worked "so that Germany would become European in order to avoid Europe becoming German."

  • In the quiz, Bush had failed to name three of those leaders and had asserted that the leader of Pakistan, a general who had overthrown the country's elected government, recently "took over office … is going to bring stability to the country, and I think that's good news for the subcontinent."

  • And a confluent NYT editorial concludes Hussein cannot be overthrown without an American invasion and occupation.

  • In Israel, Ha'aretz reported Wednesday that, in the view of the Israeli defense establishment, the Iranian theocracy is still not in serious danger of being toppled, but that if it were overthrown, it would have enormous implications for the entire Middle East.

  • On 1 December 1640 — a date still celebrated as Portugal’s Restoration Day — Spanish rule was finally completely overthrown.


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