How to Use overthrow in a Sentence

overthrow

verb

• The quarterback overthrew his receiver.
• That’s the movie where the apes rise up and overthrow the fascistic humankind.
  — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 7 Oct. 2021
• Tried to overthrow the government and, and stage a coup.
  — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 23 June 2022
• Franklin ran right by his man on fourth-and-4 for a TD but Nix overthrew him in the end zone.
  — Matt Schubert, The Denver Post, 3 Nov. 2024
• But the race is on to mend the statute that Trump and his acolytes cited in their scheme to overthrow an election.
  — Eric Cortellessa, Time, 20 Sep. 2022
• Purdy’s pass was overthrown and Samuel had no chance of catching the ball.
  — Jose Carlos Fajardo, The Mercury News, 14 Feb. 2024
• Soon the rich will have their own army to overthrow the Constitution.
  — Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 22 May 2024
• And Nix might’ve overthrown him a touch, but Franklin should probably reel that in.
  — Sarah Kelly, The Denver Post, 6 Oct. 2024
• The group has links to the Zintan tribe, which helped overthrow Qaddafi and held his son Seif prisoner for years.
  — Ian Urbina, The New Yorker, 28 Nov. 2021
• Late in the third quarter Stafford overthrew a wide-open Henderson, who had acres of open field ahead of him to the end zone.
  — Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 20 Nov. 2023
• On the third-to-last play of the first quarter, Mahomes tried for Hopkins on a corner route, but the ball was overthrown.
  — Jeff Fedotin, Forbes, 27 Oct. 2024
• For the current moment, Olivia is the reigning princess of pop-punk, and no one seems to be overthrowing her any time soon.
  — Katie Atkinson, Billboard, 19 Sep. 2023
• That meant Mary was next in line, legally, so that’s why Jane was overthrown after nine days.
  — Olivia B. Waxman, TIME, 27 June 2024
• Prosecutors have framed the vote as part of a wider move to overthrow the government at the time.
  — Chris Lau, CNN, 5 Sep. 2023
• The bill aims to defuse the strategy behind Trump's attempt to overthrow the 2020 election.
  — Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 22 Sep. 2022
• The war in Yemen kicked off in 2014 when Shia Houthi rebels backed by Iran attempted to overthrow the government.
  — Caitlin McFall, Fox News, 15 Mar. 2022
• That’s not a reason to overthrow the system or invent cockamamie schemes to change the results.
  — Dominic Pino, National Review, 21 Sep. 2021
• She was born in Tehran, Iran, the youngest of three girls, to architect parents and was eight years old when the Shah was overthrown in early 1979.
  — Kerry A. Dolan, Forbes, 20 Sep. 2024
• The suitor attempts to overthrow the kingdom, and the princess puts forth her best fight to reclaim her family's place on the throne.
  — Jasmine Washington, Seventeen, 15 June 2022
• That did not deter the protestors who showed up near a statue of King Charles I, a monarch who was overthrown 400 years ago.
  — Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 6 May 2023
• The point is clear: The Taliban intends to isolate and overthrow the government in Kabul.
  — H.r. McMaster and Bradley Bowman, WSJ, 26 July 2021
• Purdy overthrew Deebo Samuel, who had beaten his man in the end zone, but then found Jennings for a 10-yard score.
  — Brett Knight, Forbes, 11 Feb. 2024
• Those who worked to overthrow Trump, Sharp went on, should be dealt with — permanently.
  — Brigid Kennedy, The Week, 24 June 2021
• Each side has distinct ideas about how best to overthrow the system, after all.
  — David Masciotra, The New Republic, 4 May 2023
• The film follows Bruce's attempt to overthrow the English monarchy's rule over Scotland and claim the throne for himself.
  — Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 11 Aug. 2022
• President Zine al Abidine Ben Ali was overthrown the next year.
  — Harold Maass, The Week, 17 Apr. 2023
• Their current plan is to overthrow Zavala and Ikora, and replace them with someone like Saint-14, who is no friend of the Fallen.
  — Paul Tassi, Forbes, 26 May 2021
• Gang leaders have to pay their soldiers or else risk being overthrown.
  — Shannon K. Crawford, ABC News, 1 Aug. 2023
• Travis Timmerman was first seen in video that emerged online Thursday after rebels seized the capital Damascus and overthrew Assad over the weekend.
  — Stephen Sorace, Fox News, 12 Dec. 2024
• Across the Middle East and North Africa, many revolutions have overthrown autocrats, only for those countries to descend back into chaos or a more oppressive rule.
  — NPR, 13 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 2 Jan 2025