overwhelmed

Example Sentences

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Overwhelmed by guilt, and embarrassed she fled the country in a bid to escape her unhappiness, booking a one-way ticket to Bangok.

From BBC • Jan. 26, 2026

Overwhelmed health workers rushed from patient to patient in makeshift tents in Sudan, trying to help even though they too had barely escaped the fall of El-Fasher to paramilitary forces.

From Barron's • Nov. 24, 2025

City dwellers face a particularly nasty flooding threat from rainfall: Overwhelmed stormwater systems can regurgitate raw sewage.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 10, 2025

Overwhelmed by the number of ailing birds, the wildlife center has been erecting pup tents to use as pens, she said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2024

Overwhelmed judges tried to manage the proceedings with bench meetings while dozens of young men—most of whom were black—sat handcuffed in standard jail-issued orange jumpsuits in the front of the court.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson