overwhelmed

Example Sentences

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Overwhelmed health workers rushed from patient to patient in makeshift tents in Sudan, trying to help even though they too had barely escaped the fall of El-Fasher to paramilitary forces.

From Barron's • Nov. 24, 2025

Overwhelmed by the moment, Yamamoto didn’t sound as if he grasped the magnitude of what he’d just done.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 2, 2025

Overwhelmed by these exotic sights, this visitor completely overlooked the presence of small, shrew-like mammals—the very creatures whose descendants would, eventually, inherit the earth.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2025

Overwhelmed by the commitments or mundanity of day-to-day life, while simultaneously unwilling or unable to voice their emotions, men often find it hard to cope.

From BBC • Jun. 13, 2024

Overwhelmed by his feelings, he dunked his head in the water to cool off, and when he lifted it back up, he felt a little better.

From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown