Verb (used with object) : The plane lost its way and overflew foreign territory. ,to overfly Philadelphia because of bad weather. From Dictionary.com.
Verb (used without object) : The plane approached the border but never overflew. From Dictionary.com.
We got distracted and we've overflown Minneapolis. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 28, 2009] Reference
We got distracted and we have overflown Minneapolis. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 28, 2009] Reference
All the colours in the room had overflown their banks. From Wordnik.com. [The Waves] Reference
I've personally overflown that portion of Louisiana coastline. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 29, 2005] Reference
I would be loath to have you overflown with a honey-bag, signior. From Wordnik.com. [A Midsummer Night’s Dream] Reference
PILOT: Roger, we got distracted and we have overflown Minneapolis. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 28, 2009] Reference
The territories that are being overflown are different from Turkey. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 22, 2003] Reference
NW 188 PILOT: Roger, we got distracted and we've overflown Minneapolis. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 28, 2009] Reference
He still fretted somewhat about the troopers he and Falyna had overflown. From Wordnik.com. [Alector's Choice]
In the past, Pyongyang has overflown China when transporting exports to Iran. From Wordnik.com. [WMD on Board] Reference
Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflown with a flood. From Wordnik.com. [Probably Just One Of Those Funny Coincidences] Reference
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Roger, we got distracted and we have overflown Minneapolis. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 27, 2009] Reference
The tragic disaster in Qana has made our hearts overflown with pain and grief. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » ThinkFast: August 5, 2006] Reference
The area is regularly overflown by low-flying jets from a nearby military base. From Wordnik.com. [Shirakami-sanchi (Shirakami mountains), Japan] Reference
I wasn't even going to try and retrace the path that the phoenix had overflown. From Wordnik.com. [Sir Apropos of Nothing] Reference
Only then did they look down and realize they had overflown their destination -- Wolf. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 27, 2009] Reference
It was evident from the appearance of the flood here, that it had been recently overflown. From Wordnik.com. [Rambles in the Mammoth Cave, during the Year 1844 By a Visiter] Reference
"We've overflown many of the features of the Northern Hemicylinder this afternoon," Brown said. From Wordnik.com. [Rama Revisited]
In seconds, she had overflown the landing area and was turning inland toward the island's interior. From Wordnik.com. [Hell Wings Over Manhattan]
Whether 'the world that then was' was overflown and perished by the causes set forth, we can not tell. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 4, April, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
"Why," he thought, "the banks have given way, and the river has overflown -- the house will be washed away.". From Wordnik.com. [Leslie Ross: or, Fond of a Lark] Reference
Reports from Zambia said Kabila's presidential aircraft had overflown Zambian airspace on Wednesday morning. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
Frightened was the way he had felt a year ago when an unidentified aircraft had overflown the community twice. From Wordnik.com. [Excerpt: The Giver by Lois Lowry] Reference
Seventh Company had conducted routine patrols of the river and the port at Tylora, and occasionally even overflown Sinjin. From Wordnik.com. [Cadmian's Choice]
Eventually the five steamers crept as close inshore towards the north end of the fort as the shallow overflown land admitted. From Wordnik.com. [Khartoum Campaign, 1898 or the Re-Conquest of the Soudan] Reference
Instead, he focused on Hyalt, the town square, trying to recall what it had looked like in years past when he had overflown it. From Wordnik.com. [Cadmian's Choice]
As usual in such cases, the town was overflown, and the streets were covered with boats, boards, and wrecks of houses and ships. From Wordnik.com. [An Historical Account of the Rise and Progress of the Colonies of South Carolina and Georgia, Volume 2] Reference
And with the arms of a flood shall they be overflown from before him, and shall be broken; yea, also the prince of the covenant. From Wordnik.com. [Daniel 11.] Reference
In the marshey grounds frequently overflown by the tides there grows a. From Wordnik.com. [The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806] Reference
What attempts were made to tell the pilot he had overflown Soviet territory?. From Wordnik.com. [Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]]
It will preserve the formatting and make it easier to view in an overflown div. From Wordnik.com. [CodingForums.com] Reference
There is also much that is almost always overflown with waters, and is a perpetual swamp. From Wordnik.com. [A New Guide for Emigrants to the West] Reference
Their filmy blue, half overflown with grey by age, was poignant while the fire in them lasted. From Wordnik.com. [Beauchamp's Career — Complete] Reference
Our world is overflown by visually badly designed products and at last the award for the bad product design is founded. From Wordnik.com. [linkfilter.net - fresh links] Reference
The pilots had lost communications with air traffic controllers for over an hour and had overflown their destination by 150 miles. From Wordnik.com. [Fore, right!] Reference
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