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- Hundreds of families whose men were in the army came to be within touch of the War Office and Aldershot, and the capital of the Empire was overrun by intriguers, harmless and otherwise. [11]
- We knew she was being overrun with applications for places in it, and that these applications were backed by great names and weighty influence, whereas we had nothing of the sort to recommend us. [5]
- The great structure was a-tremble from the assault, its footpaths and its roadway overrun with workers, dodging between trolleys and trucks,--some darting nimbly, dinner pails in hand, along the steel girders. [9]
- And I found to my amusement he had not overrun the truth. [9]
- How long before they would overrun Louisiana itself, until a Frenchman or a Spaniard could scarce be found in the land? [9]
- You would not say that the place was stuffed with books, or overrun by lecturers, but it is an orderly, Sabbath-keeping, fairly intelligent town. [4]
- If I somewhat overrun my hour, you must pardon me, for I can say with Pascal that I have not had the time to make my lecture shorter. [3]
- Successive invaders, as in Rome, overrun and occupy the town. [4]
- As a warrior I would conquer and overrun the world. [6]
- The lecture must fill an hour and not overrun it. [6]
- How sweet and cool are these winding ways in the wonderful woods, overrun with vegetation, the bayberry, the sweet-fern, the wild roses, wood-lilies, and ferns! [4]
- The day may come," I added, for the sake of leading her away, "when Kentucky will be strong enough to overrun Louisiana. [9]
- To that power alone we look yet for a time to give confidence to the people in the contested regions that the insurgent power will not again overrun them. [7]
- If scenery were a sentient thing, it might feel indignant at being vulgarly stared at, overrun and trampled on, by a horde of tourists who chiefly value luxurious hotels and easy conveyance. [4]
- Not one, in a community overrun with educated idlers who were above following their fathers' mechanical trades, yet could find no market for their book-knowledge. [5]
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