Example sentences for: overthrown

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

  • The Qing rulers were overthrown in 1911, and the Republic of China, led by Sun Yat-sen, was declared.

  • If "Israeli society is desperate" today and "the young want to leave the country," it's because of him, she said: "This government must be overthrown by any means."

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

  • 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."

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


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