overbearing

Example Sentences

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The protagonist is named Tree Tremont, a phenomenal multiracial golfer with an overbearing black father, an attractive wife, two young children and a squeaky-clean public image.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

Compared to the overbearing shelter system, which broke up friends, mandated sobriety, lacked privacy, prohibited pets, and offered insufficient storage, Gil wanted to have a light touch.

From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026

The overbearing, bratty hand-puppet Unicorse, for instance, plays key roles in launching each performance.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 22, 2026

The emirate, now home to some 240,000 Britons, represented a place to start afresh, far from the rising costs, political upheavals and overbearing class system back home.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 3, 2026

Because their dignity was intact, they had no need to be overbearing, and because the Cooper boys had never heard that they were inferior, their minds could grow to their true limits.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck