OVERWHELMING in a Sentence
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158 example sentences for OVERWHELMING, such as:
1. And the response has been overwhelming.
2. The urge to look was almost overwhelming.
3. She felt an overwhelming desire to return home.
4. The act was adopted by an overwhelming majority.
5. The joy of the prisoners was almost overwhelming.
2. The urge to look was almost overwhelming.
3. She felt an overwhelming desire to return home.
4. The act was adopted by an overwhelming majority.
5. The joy of the prisoners was almost overwhelming.
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Meanings and Examples of OVERWHELMING
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overwhelming
a. so strong as to be irresistible
a. very intense
Classic Sentence: (125 in 9 pages)
1 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.
2 'I am about to undertake that task; and it is on that account that I feel so many overwhelming terrors.
3 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.
4 To my overwhelming surprise the living room was deserted.
5 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...
6 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.
7 But Ashley seemed to mean them and there was a look in his eyes which eluded her--not fear, not apology, but the bracing to a strain which was inevitable and overwhelming.
8 All her resentment of his fancied coldness was swept away in this overwhelming rush of recollection.
9 Chief among these motives was the overwhelming idea of the great whale himself.
10 There was with her an overwhelming feeling of irresponsibility.
11 But perhaps that was why she fascinated him; the sheer volume of Marija's energy was overwhelming.
12 Munro had again sunk into that sort of apathy which had beset him since his late overwhelming misfortunes, and from which he was apparently to be roused only by some new and powerful excitement.
13 The joy of the prisoners was almost overwhelming.
14 The Englishman received his thanks with the phlegm peculiar to his nation; and Morrel, overwhelming him with grateful blessings, conducted him to the staircase.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context Highlight In Chapter 29. The House of Morrel & Son.
Context Highlight In Chapter 29. The House of Morrel & Son.
15 It was to this apartment he had desired his guest to be shown, with the purpose of overwhelming him at the sight of so much luxury.
Example Sentence: (33 in 3 pages)
1 The act was adopted by an overwhelming majority.
2 The urge to look was almost overwhelming.
3 He has exhibited symptoms of anxiety and overwhelming worry.
4 The task won't feel so overwhelming if you break it down into small, easy-to-accomplish steps.
5 The company denies, in the face of overwhelming evidence, that smoking causes cancer.
6 The overwhelming caseload has made the government reluctant to postpone trials, even though virtually all of the suspects lack defense attorneys.
7 The will to survive is extraordinary and at times overwhelming, capable of fashioning some form of normality even out of the darkest hour.
8 The heat was overwhelming and people were dropping like flies.
9 An overwhelming majority of the candidates have gone in for his policy.
10 The figures represent such overwhelming human misery that the mind wants to shut it out.
11 First, an overwhelming urge to find a market researcher and kick him or her hard on a soft target area.
12 She felt an overwhelming desire to return home.
13 And the response has been overwhelming.
14 John said the overwhelming demand for transportation fuels will again accentuate the need for increased drilling, but that might take months.
15 Latino citizens responded to the aggressive immigration reform by voting for him in overwhelming numbers.