overwhelming

Example Sentences

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"It's just overwhelming emotion", Tony says, following a guard of honour given to him by both sets of players.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026

The experience, she said, created an overwhelming sense of solidarity.

From Salon • Apr. 6, 2026

“We have had an overwhelming amount of support, and it’s helped us get through this very, very tough time. She got that horse there today.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026

Called distributed denial of service, or DDoS, attacks, these were massive floods of junk internet data designed to knock websites offline by overwhelming the data pipes that connected them.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

The air was filled with the aroma of springtime, and if it weren’t for the overwhelming silence, it would’ve been peaceful.

From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia