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overwhelming

Definition for overwhelming

adjective as in overpowering

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Example Sentences

Dean Teresa A. Sullivan praised the “overwhelming response by this community to condemn the evil acts” reported by Rolling Stone.

An overwhelming amount of subtleties and implications were going over my head.

There was no assassin but despite the overwhelming presence of troops and FBI agents, violent incidents still occurred.

An overwhelming majority of yes votes—89 of them—came from Republican men.

Even in deep red, rural states, universal background checks enjoy overwhelming support.

The contrast between the open street and the enclosed stuffiness of the dim and crowded interior was overwhelming.

Thus it was that he himself created the morale which enabled him again and again to conquer against overwhelming odds.

So long as Christians have an overwhelming majority who will not touch the drains, diphtheria must continue.

Blake and Cuesta were each defeated by an overwhelming combination of the different French armies.

The 1851 State Constitution was ratified by the voters by an overwhelming majority at the next election.

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On this page you'll find 44 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to overwhelming, such as: amazing, astounding, crushing, devastating, mind-boggling, and staggering.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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