Overwhelming can be categorized as a verb and an adjective.
Adjective |
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| overwhelming - very intense; "politics is his consuming passion"; "overwhelming joy" | ||
| overwhelming - so strong as to be irresistible; "an overpowering need for solitude"; "the temptation to despair may become overwhelming"; "an overwhelming majority" | ||
Verb |
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| overwhelm - overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli | ||
| overwhelm - charge someone with too many tasks | ||
| overwhelm - overcome by superior force | ||
| overwhelm - cover completely or make imperceptible; "I was drowned in work"; "The noise drowned out her speech" |
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| 1. | adj. | Overwhelming joy. | |
| 2. | adj. | The temptation to despair may become overwhelming. | |
| 3. | adj. | An overwhelming majority. | |
| 4. | adj. | The urge to protect and gather them all in is almost overwhelming, and makes me more grateful for the blessings I have. | |
| 5. | adj. | The overwhelming majority of Muslims in Kashmir would be happy with such an outcome, except for the tiny jihadi segment patronized by the U.S. State Department and the Pakistan Army, which would like to even the score with India for their catastrophic defeat in Bangladesh in 1971. | |
| 6. | adj. | My only concern is that we take the boys away from their overwhelming task. | |
| 7. | adj. | Damascus has been intent for years upon establishing significant military strength to serve as a counterweight to Israel's overwhelming capabilities. | |
| 8. | adj. | The bill was passed by an overwhelming majority. | |
| 9. | adj. | An overwhelming majority voted to abolish the brutal punishment. | |
| 10. | adj. | An overwhelming part of our behavior is learned. | |
| 11. | adj. | A poll shows that an overwhelming majority is in favor of the legislation. | |
| 12. | adj. | Dreams flew out of that box when it was opened: dreams of secrets written in disappearing ink and of overwhelming odors. | |
| 13. | adj. | They were attacking against overwhelming odds. | |
| 14. | adj. | He resolutely pushed forward from the start, overwhelming and pushing out his off-balance opponent. | |
| 15. | adj. | The sound from the thundersticks was overwhelming at the stadium today. | |
| 16. | verb | American citizens have for decades taken it as a given that our military can overwhelm and overcome any foe on the battlefield. | |
| 17. | verb | I didn't mean to overwhelm you. | |
| 18. | verb | We don't want to overwhelm Tom. | |
| 19. | verb | We don't want to overwhelm them. | |
| 20. | verb | We don't want to overwhelm him. | |
| 21. | verb | We don't want to overwhelm her. | |
| 22. | verb | "Strike force to the winds, sink and overwhelm the ships; or drive them apart and scatter their bodies on the sea." | |
| 23. | verb | The mission’s findings will help researchers improve their forecasts of space weather events, which have the potential to damage satellites and harm astronauts on orbit, disrupt radio communications and, at their most severe, overwhelm power grids. | |
| 24. | verb | High volumes of patients needing hospitalization at the same time can overwhelm health care services, leading to a shortage of beds or attending staff. The end result can be inadequate treatment and more deaths.. | |
| 25. | verb | The president's health secretary, Alex Azar, warned that the pandemic has the potential to overwhelm the capacity of the American health care system. | |
| 26. | verb | France couldn't overwhelm Algerian independence fighters with its firepower. | |
| 27. | verb | I didn't mean to overwhelm you. | |
| 28. | verb | We don't want to overwhelm Tom. | |
| 29. | verb | We don't want to overwhelm them. | |
| 30. | verb | We don't want to overwhelm him. |
| Sentence | |
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| adj. | |
| Overwhelming joy. |
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| The temptation to despair may become overwhelming. |
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| An overwhelming majority. |
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| The urge to protect and gather them all in is almost overwhelming, and makes me more grateful for the blessings I have. |
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| The overwhelming majority of Muslims in Kashmir would be happy with such an outcome, except for the tiny jihadi segment patronized by the U.S. State Department and the Pakistan Army, which would like to even the score with India for their catastrophic defeat in Bangladesh in 1971. |
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| My only concern is that we take the boys away from their overwhelming task. |
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| Damascus has been intent for years upon establishing significant military strength to serve as a counterweight to Israel's overwhelming capabilities. |
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| The bill was passed by an overwhelming majority. | |
| An overwhelming majority voted to abolish the brutal punishment. | |
| An overwhelming part of our behavior is learned. | |
| A poll shows that an overwhelming majority is in favor of the legislation. | |
| Dreams flew out of that box when it was opened: dreams of secrets written in disappearing ink and of overwhelming odors. | |
| They were attacking against overwhelming odds. | |
| He resolutely pushed forward from the start, overwhelming and pushing out his off-balance opponent. | |
| The sound from the thundersticks was overwhelming at the stadium today. | |
| verb | |
| American citizens have for decades taken it as a given that our military can overwhelm and overcome any foe on the battlefield. |
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| I didn't mean to overwhelm you. | |
| We don't want to overwhelm Tom. | |
| We don't want to overwhelm them. | |
| We don't want to overwhelm him. | |
| We don't want to overwhelm her. | |
| "Strike force to the winds, sink and overwhelm the ships; or drive them apart and scatter their bodies on the sea." | |
| The mission’s findings will help researchers improve their forecasts of space weather events, which have the potential to damage satellites and harm astronauts on orbit, disrupt radio communications and, at their most severe, overwhelm power grids. | |
| High volumes of patients needing hospitalization at the same time can overwhelm health care services, leading to a shortage of beds or attending staff. The end result can be inadequate treatment and more deaths.. | |
| The president's health secretary, Alex Azar, warned that the pandemic has the potential to overwhelm the capacity of the American health care system. | |
| France couldn't overwhelm Algerian independence fighters with its firepower. | |
| I didn't mean to overwhelm you. | |
| We don't want to overwhelm Tom. | |
| We don't want to overwhelm them. | |
| We don't want to overwhelm him. | |