overpower

Example Sentences

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Anything that adds ballast and soaks up the warm bits without overpowering them earns a spot here.

From Salon

Mr. Sturridge is almost animalistic and at times absurdly funny in delineating Mat’s sudden and obsessive love; it seems to draw him to Anna with an almost overpowering force.

From The Wall Street Journal

Lower-end soy sauces tend to have a higher salt content, which can be overpowering in your sweet cookie batter.

From Salon

Words of brotherhood overpowering the sensations of a crushing defeat.

From Los Angeles Times

The lighting is bright to the point of excess, overpowering the light from the stained-glass windows of the clerestory.

From The Wall Street Journal