were overturning
- past progressive of overturn.
Example Sentences
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Now, though, societal attitudes toward “transgenderalism,” as Ms. Nimmons calls it, were shifting so rapidly that many health plans were overturning their long-held exclusions of transition-related care.
From New York Times ● Dec. 12, 2015
However, be they precious or worthless works, the people were overturning them and throwing them out upon the pavement that night.
From Rule of the Monk or, Rome in the Nineteenth Century by Garibaldi, Giuseppe
Stage-coaches were upsetting in all directions, horses were bolting, boats were overturning, and boilers were bursting.
From The Pickwick Papers by Dickens, Charles
He was at the head of the government, at that time weak in resources, burdened with debt, just struggling into political existence and respectability, and agitated by the heaving waves which were overturning European thrones.
From The Great Speeches and Orations of Daniel Webster With an Essay on Daniel Webster as a Master of English Style by Webster, Daniel
They collected in droves, and, attracted by the straw, made furious rushes upon what few tents there were, overturning and demolishing them.
From The Downfall by Robins, E. P.
