Words similar to overtook

Example sentences for: overtook

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

Japan overtook Britain economically in 1964.
When this in turn shortened to car , the word assumed its modern sense, which soon overtook all the others.
When Islam overtook Buddhism here in the 13th century, Gaochang was abandoned.
The warehouses fell into disrepair in the 20th century, and lay empty for many years before they became a center for the 1960s and 1970s squatter revolution which overtook the city.
In the 20th century a series of dramas overtook Nanjing and gave it new prominence.