OVERWHELM in a Sentence
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158 example sentences for OVERWHELM, such as:
1. And the response has been overwhelming.
2. The urge to look was almost overwhelming.
3. Oh, count, you overwhelm me with that coolness.
4. She felt an overwhelming desire to return home.
5. The act was adopted by an overwhelming majority.
2. The urge to look was almost overwhelming.
3. Oh, count, you overwhelm me with that coolness.
4. She felt an overwhelming desire to return home.
5. The act was adopted by an overwhelming majority.
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Meanings and Examples of OVERWHELM
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overwhelm
v. overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli
v. overcome by superior force
Classic Sentence: (125 in 9 pages)
1 But I scarcely observed this; rage and hatred had at first deprived me of utterance, and I recovered only to overwhelm him with words expressive of furious detestation and contempt.
2 Little did I then expect the calamity that was in a few moments to overwhelm me and extinguish in horror and despair all fear of ignominy or death.
3 And when one is slapped in the face--why then the consciousness of being rubbed into a pulp would positively overwhelm one.
4 More than anything she feared lest the confusion she felt might overwhelm her and betray her as soon as she saw him.
5 History neglects nearly all these particulars, and cannot do otherwise; the infinity would overwhelm it.
6 "Do not overwhelm me with happiness," cried d'Artagnan, throwing himself on his knees, and covering with kisses the hands abandoned to him.
7 Oh, count, you overwhelm me with that coolness.
8 You must not think anymore about the hard things I said in my first moment of consternation, when I thought everything was going to overwhelm me.
9 Rouse thy winds to fury, and overwhelm their sinking vessels, or drive them asunder and strew ocean with their bodies.
10 But this discovery was so great and overwhelming that all the steps by which I had been progressively led to it were obliterated, and I beheld only the result.
11 'I am about to undertake that task; and it is on that account that I feel so many overwhelming terrors.
12 The wind arose; the sea roared; and, as with the mighty shock of an earthquake, it split and cracked with a tremendous and overwhelming sound.
13 To my overwhelming surprise the living room was deserted.
14 Mr. Micawber's difficulties are almost overwhelming just at present,' said Mrs. Micawber; 'and whether it is possible to bring him through them, I don't know.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context Highlight In CHAPTER 11. I BEGIN LIFE ON MY OWN ACCOUNT, AND DON'T LIK...
Context Highlight In CHAPTER 11. I BEGIN LIFE ON MY OWN ACCOUNT, AND DON'T LIK...
15 Glancing round as I made a suitable reply, I observed that the family effects were already packed, and that the amount of luggage was by no means overwhelming.
Example Sentence: (33 in 3 pages)
1 Still, he was sufficiently touched by his aunt's grief too long to rush out from under the bed and overwhelm her with joy--and the theatrical gorgeousness of the thing appealed strongly to his nature, too, but he resisted and lay still.
2 Instead of advancing valid arguments, he tried to overwhelm his audience with a sophistry.
3 The act was adopted by an overwhelming majority.
4 The urge to look was almost overwhelming.
5 He has exhibited symptoms of anxiety and overwhelming worry.
6 The task won't feel so overwhelming if you break it down into small, easy-to-accomplish steps.
7 The company denies, in the face of overwhelming evidence, that smoking causes cancer.
8 The overwhelming caseload has made the government reluctant to postpone trials, even though virtually all of the suspects lack defense attorneys.
9 The will to survive is extraordinary and at times overwhelming, capable of fashioning some form of normality even out of the darkest hour.
10 The heat was overwhelming and people were dropping like flies.
11 An overwhelming majority of the candidates have gone in for his policy.
12 The figures represent such overwhelming human misery that the mind wants to shut it out.
13 First, an overwhelming urge to find a market researcher and kick him or her hard on a soft target area.
14 She felt an overwhelming desire to return home.
15 And the response has been overwhelming.