Example Sentences

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He waxed poetic when it didn’t help his prose and overwrote shamelessly.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

Anonymous: So powerful, thank you, that one selfless gesture overwrote an entire relationship.

From Washington Post • Apr. 16, 2022

So many lesser shocks so quickly overwrote it.

From New York Times • Jan. 11, 2019

Therefore, in certain circumstances, it accidentally overwrote some adjacent memory it wasn’t supposed to be using.

From Slate • Feb. 27, 2017

I once overwrote all my photographs and about five hours of great French hip-hop using Time Machine, and haven't trusted myself with it since.

From The Guardian • Jun. 5, 2013