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    overtaking


    1. When he is unsuccessful with overtaking this woman, he then goes after the rest of her offspring – those who obey God’s commandments and hold to the testimony of Jesus


    2. She moaned and thrust herself upward to meet him, her passion overtaking her


    3. I was about ten years old and recollect an Army Sergeant-Major grabbing me by the arm whilst overtaking me to make sure I stayed far enough away for I truly wanted to collect the hand grenade as a trophy


    4. “But you died when I was seven,” she whispered, anger overtaking her


    5. Indeed only after a little more than a hundred steps Hilderich felt cramps and stiffness overtaking his aching body, especially the legs where he put much of his strength to propel himself upwards on the steps that seemed fit only for giants


    6. Hilderich repeated his question, this time shouting, demanding, fury overtaking him despite the parts of his mind that warned him of teetering on a precipice of unfathomable depth, every step reeking with deadly danger:


    7. these inhospitable, but completely natural, reactions about fertility from overtaking your mind and


    8. Yaw: zigzag motion of a vessel carried off its heading by strong, overtaking seas


    9. Miles scrambled to his feet and charged her way, almost overtaking her, but the door closed before he could snatch her


    10. By the end, she can hardly speak or eat, the swelling overtaking the petite features of the woman he loves beyond all things

    11. A shadow was overtaking them


    12. He stared at the house for several minutes from the shelter of a hedge, panic rising in his chest and throat until he could bear it no longer and cycled away, tailbone tickling as if the bats of hell were overtaking him


    13. competitors, we can think of overtaking


    14. Barred from the Shalizah road, however, he had turned to the forbidden route, until news that Conan had not yet reached Afghulistan with his captive had caused him to turn southward and push on recklessly in the hope of overtaking the Cimmerian in the hills


    15. When the guards started back to Jerusalem with Jesus, John Mark attempted to steal out of the shed in order to catch up with the fleeing apostles and disciples; but just as he emerged, one of the last of the returning soldiers who had pursued the fleeing disciples was passing near and, seeing this young man in his linen coat, gave chase, almost overtaking him


    16. He urged on the distressed stallion, for he saw that he was overtaking his prey, yard by yard


    17. I ran down the corridor, overtaking the other passengers, and jumped onto the waiting bus that was taking us to the plane


    18. With each step Sam felt stronger, more positive about overtaking the fugitives


    19. Afraid of the mental illness which was overtaking me with the speed of this insane


    20. Overtaking the vehicles travelling along the road Grailem runs as fast as he can

    21. secrecy overtaking the computer industry-a wave first noticed


    22. Insane hope overtaking her, Tammy started running along the sandy beach, waving her arms and screaming


    23. � She had to close her eyes and concentrate in order to prevent panic from overtaking her


    24. Ben was in the lead, and Dahms quickly passed Sam, but Gaal was steadily overtaking her


    25. He was now clearly overtaking the enemy aircraft, ignoring for the moment the pursuing P-61s, who were being outraced by his Ju 88G


    26. coming sometime without warning- always with an overtaking


    27. With the bitterness of defeat overtaking him, the captain had a last look at his men, dead or dying across the taxiway, then raised his right hand in a flash to grab one of his hand grenades


    28. There was no traffic except for the occasional TIR that would announce its presence with a heart-stopping blast of its double air horns before overtaking us and speeding on out of sight


    29. In the mountains I’ve been forced off the road, less than a foot away from the cliff's edge, by buses that were overtaking each other on the bend


    30. The prosecutor stalked angrily around her table, oblivious to the panic overtaking the room

    31. I heard a voice calling through the arcade: “They’re here! Overtaking the bridge


    32. are incapable of overtaking It


    33. motorcycles and trucks were everywhere, overtaking,


    34. diversification and overtaking pigs in numbers of species


    35. alcohol really such an overtaking substance? She wondered fearfully


    36. keep her emotions from overtaking her


    37. from overtaking her, she feared that her determination to fulfill Rose’s last wish was quickly


    38. Miss Avery begins to back away, due to the shock overtaking her


    39. him made up for lost time and were in the process of overtaking him


    40. c) No overtaking is permitted in the vicinity of road dividers

    41. The wreckage stood as a huge monument to failures of the past, rusted metal and green vegetation overtaking the pathetic, colossal structure


    42. Fred was driving pretty hard and competently, changing gears before tight curves and accelerating smoothly out of them, overtaking slow- moving vehicles with quick bursts of power, all this while comfortably leaning back in his seat, his shoulders relaxed, his big, gnarled hands holding onto the wheel with calm firmness, his eyes professionally scanning the road ahead


    43. You’re driving fast, and overtaking on a corner at high speed is risky


    44. she didn't realize what was overtaking her


    45. So in this story also we see that lust overtaking love to the point of Amnon getting frustrated and ill


    46. the phone, on the PC, in front of the TV and radio, overtaking, adventuring, and endlessly


    47. fall upon’ as in a giant warrior overtaking you with


    48. against the sinking feeling that was overtaking her


    49. I snapped straight up, scientific curiosity overtaking the need for clean clothes


    50. His eyes grew heavy and as much as he fought the weariness that was quickly overtaking him he was soon fast asleep





















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    Synonyms for "overtaking"

    overtaking passing

    "overtaking" definitions

    going by something that is moving in order to get in front of it