- present participle of overwhelm.
overwhelming
Example Sentences
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I wrote a column shortly after, heralding Lopez’s overwhelming victory as a new era for Latino politics in Orange County, where Latinos make up a third of the population but still wield little power.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026
Save room for dessert: the dark chocolate budino, topped with salted caramel whipped cream and Biscoff crumble, is rich without feeling overwhelming.
From Salon • Jun. 11, 2026
"These are people who have fled the war in Sudan, and they are seeing the same things again and living the same things, it is overwhelming."
From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026
“Instead, our strategy is an overwhelming, visible show of force to keep the peace.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
I could not accept such an overwhelming idea as he suggested; so, with an attempt to argue of which I was even at the moment ashamed, I said:—
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
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