OVERTURN in a Sentence

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He is accused of an armed attempt to overturn the constitutional order; if he is convicted he could face life imprisonment.

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 Meanings and Examples of OVERTURN
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
overturn
 v.  reverse; overthrow; upset something
Classic Sentence: (28 in 2 pages)
1  The repast was magnificent; Monte Cristo had endeavored completely to overturn the Parisian ideas, and to feed the curiosity as much as the appetite of his guests.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 63. The Dinner.
2  Now we discover our error; a title and promotion attach you to the government we wish to overturn.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 75. A Signed Statement.
3  This lasted several minutes, until the frightful overturn of reason was accomplished; then uttering a loud cry followed by a burst of laughter, he rushed down the stairs.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 111. Expiation.
4  Not the hated face of the Laconian woman, Tyndarus' daughter; not Paris is to blame; the gods, the gods in anger overturn this magnificence, and make Troy topple down.
The Aeneid By Virgil
Context  Highlight   In BOOK SECOND
5  Thou canst set brothers once united in armed conflict, and overturn families with hatreds; thou canst launch into houses thy whips and deadly brands; thine are a thousand names, a thousand devices of injury.
The Aeneid By Virgil
Context  Highlight   In BOOK SEVENTH
6  The tall ash echoes to the axe's strokes; they overturn pines that soar into the sky, and busily cleave oaken logs and scented cedar with wedges, and drag mountain-ashes on their groaning waggons.
The Aeneid By Virgil
Context  Highlight   In BOOK ELEVENTH
7  And if he can't live there, he'll die there, sooner than he'll overturn the Doctor's plans.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 19. I LOOK ABOUT ME, AND MAKE A DISCOVERY
8  Well, well, ma'am,' said the Doctor cheerfully, 'I am not bigoted to my plans, and I can overturn them myself.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 19. I LOOK ABOUT ME, AND MAKE A DISCOVERY
9  ; and that which they wished to overturn in overturning royalty in France, was, as we have explained, the usurpation of man over man, and of privilege over right in the entire universe.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XX—THE DEAD ARE IN THE RIGHT AND THE LIVING ARE N...
10  Grimaud came, rubbing his half-open eyes, to answer this noisy summons, and d'Artagnan sprang with such violence into the room as nearly to overturn the astonished lackey.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 38 HOW, WITHOUT INCOMMDING HIMSELF, ATHOS PROCURES HIS EQUIPMENT
11  The sudden overturn of the Republicans did not bring joy to everyone.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LVIII
12  He saw his father's sledge overturned, with his mother and sisters.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: VIII
13  They tried to jump over each other, got tangled up in the harness, and overturned the sledge.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: VIII
14  Robert was out there under the shed, reclining in the shade against the sloping keel of the overturned boat.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
Context  Highlight   In XIII
15  He had been overturned and crushed by their lack of sense in holding the position, when intelligent deliberation would have convinced them that it was impossible.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7
Example Sentence:
1  He is accused of an armed attempt to overturn the constitutional order; if he is convicted he could face life imprisonment.
2  A judge this week is to rule on a defense request to reduce or overturn her second-degree murder conviction.
3  The road was completely blocked by an overturned truck.
4  She completely overturned my preconceptions about film stars.
5  The lorry veered out of control, overturned and smashed into a wall.
6  The Court of Appeal overturned the original ruling.