How to Use overturn in a Sentence

overturn

1 of 2 verb
  • The dog overturned the bowl.
  • The truck went off the road and overturned several times.
  • The court overturned his conviction.
  • But that idea has been overturned.
    — Joanna Fong-Isariyawongse, The Conversation, 23 Jan. 2026
  • The bus left the road and overturned.
    — Kyle Werner, Des Moines Register, 14 Feb. 2026
  • But the call wasn’t overturned.
    — Kansas City Star, 25 June 2026
  • But the court has not yet overturned that precedent.
    — Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 22 Sep. 2025
  • The umpire's calls were overturned just over half the time.
    — Becky Sullivan, NPR, 23 Sep. 2025
  • But that call was overturned on review.
    — Frank Rajkowski, Twin Cities, 28 Mar. 2026
  • Less than halfway through her term, that choice is about to be overturned.
    — Matthew J. Frauenfeld, Mercury News, 12 Sep. 2025
  • That's what the Supreme Court overturned.
    — NBC news, 3 May 2026
  • The new work overturns that picture.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The book is a mess of vignettes, a carousel of slides that’s been overturned.
    — Literary Hub, 14 May 2026
  • The call was overturned, and Josh Bell was out on strikes.
    — Johnny Flores Jr, New York Times, 30 Mar. 2026
  • The ban was overturned in 2021.
    — Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Why was Waltz seeking to overturn his guilty plea?
    — Alexandria Burris, IndyStar, 11 Feb. 2026
  • This is not the first attempt to overturn these local rules.
    — Ashley Miznazi, Miami Herald, 19 Feb. 2026
  • This was the central norm that needed to be overturned.
    — Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2026
  • Cars, many of them police cruisers, were overturned and set on fire.
    — Jhair Romero, Houston Chronicle, 5 May 2026
  • The play at first was close, though, and replay review overturned the call.
    — Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Two train cars were overturned, while seven more were derailed.
    — Bailey Richards, People.com, 31 Aug. 2025
  • The New York Times has sued to overturn the rules.
    — David Bauder, Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2025
  • The big rig struck a guardrail and overturned, blocking both westbound lanes.
    — Sacbee.com, 23 June 2026
  • The truck became airborne, then overturned, and came to a rest in a creek on its top side.
    — Daniel McFadin, arkansasonline.com, 25 Dec. 2023
  • And a judge just overturned that decision.
    — Dana Taylor, USA Today, 20 Jan. 2026
  • The $5 million award was overturned.
    — Esme Murphy, CBS News, 23 Jan. 2026
  • But even as Dred Scott was overturned, white supremacy was not.
    — Equal Justice Initiative, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
  • One was overturned by the City Council.
    — Roberta Brandes Gratz, New York Daily News, 9 Apr. 2026
  • There was a wide range of tactics and efforts made to try to overturn the election.
    — Zulekha Nathoo, USA Today, 9 June 2026
  • Replay could not overturn the umpires’ call.
    — Chris Kirschner, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025

overturn

2 of 2 noun
  • If one sweep of the cameras doesn’t show an easy overturn, keep the play as is.
    — Chris Chase, For The Win, 3 May 2018
  • Will the backlash against the overturn of Roe help tip any of these races?
    — John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2022
  • In short, Ball called for a complete overturn of the class system.
    — Susan Wade, The Conversation, 5 June 2020
  • Davis blocked four shots and had a review overturn what would’ve likely been a game-sealing steal.
    — Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2021
  • The suit seeks court damages and the overturn of the commission’s ruling.
    — Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 19 Apr. 2026
  • Could the Supreme Court overturn these laws on 2nd Amendment grounds?
    — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2022
  • And while his overturn percentage is lower, his eight strikeouts gained by challenges lead the league.
    — Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 16 Apr. 2026
  • Brink said her clinic has already been overwhelmed by a surge in out-of-state patients since the overturn of Roe.
    — Christine Fernando, USA TODAY, 9 Feb. 2023
  • That number jumped to 90 in the week following Roe’s overturn.
    — Wired, 24 July 2022
  • To be sure, such efforts have done more to build political support than overturn results.
    — Star Tribune, 8 Dec. 2020
  • And far worse if a postseason game is decided by an overturn that, due to the margin of error, might have been flat wrong.
    — Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Jeffers has won 67 percent of his challenges, and most of them have been overturns into strikeouts.
    — Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 9 Apr. 2026
  • JaCoby Jones, who doubled twice, scored from second base on the overturn.
    — Anthony Fenech, Detroit Free Press, 7 May 2018
  • Authorities said the impact of the crash caused Hopkins' car to veer off the road and overturn into a ditch.
    — Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY, 24 Mar. 2022
  • Their 43% overturn rate is the eighth-worst mark in the league, and that includes starting the season 11-for-13.
    — Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 25 Apr. 2026
  • The most frustrating call for Auburn, though, had to be the overturn of Williams’ would-be 17-yard reception.
    — Tom Green | [email protected], al, 17 Nov. 2019
  • More broadly, by 3 to 1, women overall see the overturn of Roe as a step backward, not forward, for women's rights.
    — Jennifer De Pinto, Anthony Salvanto, Fred Backus, CBS News, 21 June 2023
  • Based on the extra footage provided by MLB, the 5th inning overturn appears to be the right call.
    — Joe Kinsey Outkick, FOXNews.com, 15 May 2026
  • Even with that 70% overturn rate, Segal didn’t have the worst opening-weekend umpiring outing.
    — Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 4 Apr. 2026
  • Suarez wound up retiring nine straight batters after that replay overturn, and 22 of the next 23 between the first and eighth innings.
    — Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 18 Apr. 2026
  • And as the climate warms, the waters at high latitude might not sink, or overturn, as much, slowing the AMOC.
    — Roni Dengler, Discover Magazine, 1 Feb. 2019
  • The Dodge then struck the right side of the Jeep, causing the sport utility vehicle to veer off the road and overturn, according to reports.
    — Martin E. Comas, Orlando Sentinel, 1 Jan. 2024
  • On the bench, McAvoy saw the green light flashing on a monitor, signaling an overturn from the league office in Toronto.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Apr. 2023
  • The overturn turned out to be even bigger when Tucker Barnhart doubled to score Schebler and give the Reds a 4-3 lead.
    — John Fay, Cincinnati.com, 25 Apr. 2018
  • In the last two-minute report released by the NBA the next day, the league determined the overturn on Young’s charge as the correct call.
    — J. Michael, Indianapolis Star, 1 June 2018
  • Many are worried that Barrett will shift the Court further away from Ginsburg’s vision and overturn many of the rulings that defined her career.
    — National Geographic, 22 Oct. 2020
  • Their overall challenge attempts and number of successful overturns rank near the bottom of the MLB leaderboard.
    — Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 5 Apr. 2026
  • Meanwhile, the challenge-less Red Sox could do nothing about several overturn-able pitches, and by the top of the eighth the situation reached a boiling point.
    — Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 28 Mar. 2026
  • At the end of spring training last year, MLB revealed that pitchers’ challenges were only successful 41% of the time, while catchers had a 56% overturn rate.
    — Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 16 Feb. 2026
  • Through his personal story, the film portrays with honesty and strength the process through which a person redefines his life, identity and boundaries after a profound overturn of events, reminding us that the real strength often lies beneath the surface.
    — Matthew Carey, Deadline, 15 Mar. 2026

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