overbearingly
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Not typical of a New York style, but I don’t find it overbearingly sour.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 20, 2022
Here, hundreds of years later, is another moment of calm before the storm and also another story of a woman caught up in an overbearingly male world of power and intrigue.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 22, 2021
When hijacked by the Master’s control rooms, they burn an effulgent pink, so overbearingly bright that they become mesmerizing.
From The Verge ● Dec. 2, 2019
We rejected some wines that were overbearingly acidic — punishingly tart and lacking charm.
From New York Times ● May 3, 2018
“I have to, because I’m going to be a little . . . overbearingly protective over the next few days — or weeks — and I wouldn’t want you to think I’m naturally a tyrant.”
From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer
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