overbearing

Example Sentences

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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 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

Last year we eliminated overbearing patient-monitoring rules for certain CAR-T therapies that were a barrier for drug developers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 2026

They teased one another, complained about overbearing mothers-in-law and celebrated milestones, like a daughter’s quinceañera.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 30, 2025

I liked him immensely, his sullenness, his corpselike color, except when he was lodged in a good mood, when he became overbearing and megalomaniacal.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee