overwhelm
Example Sentences
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Despite some species being naturally resilient to wet winters, rescue groups said repeated storms and saturated ground were overwhelming animals' ability to cope.
From BBC
The singer seemed overwhelmed as she made her third trip of the night to the podium.
From BBC
A single social media post turned what had been one of Syed Usman Shah's "proudest moments" into one of the most overwhelming and upsetting.
From BBC
“I was overwhelmed by the number of things I didn’t know,” she says.
Many people in Dubai, the overwhelming majority of whom are foreign nationals drawn by the city’s reputation for safety, were unsure what to do next.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
