overwhelming

Definition:
1. So strong as to be irresistible.
2. Very great or very strong.
3. Very intense.

Use 'overwhelming' in a sentence:

• 1. Teenagers often struggle with an overwhelming sense that nobody likes them, that they're not as good as other people, that they are failures, losers, ugly or unintelligent.
• 2. They voted overwhelmingly against the proposal.
• 3. She felt an overwhelming desire to return home.
• 4. Doctors yesterday delivered an overwhelming vote of no confidence in controversial health service shake-ups.
• 5. It could be overwhelming, especially since technology is always changing.
• 6. In the face of severe opposition and unrelenting criticism, the task seemed overwhelming.
• 7. Writing is a good tool for discharging overwhelming feelings.
• 8. In Hungary, as in much of Eastern Europe, an overwhelming proportion of women work, many of which are in middle management and light industry.
• 9. The act was adopted by an overwhelming majority.
• 10. The sense of space and emptiness is overwhelming.
• 11. The smell outside this building is overwhelming – like rotten eggs.
• 12. The figures represent such overwhelming human misery that the mind wants to shut it out.
• 13. The silence was fathomless and overwhelming.
• 14. At times she had an overwhelming desire to see him.
• 15. They had overwhelming public support to prosecute the war.
• 16. Our just and severe statement has won the support of the overwhelming majority.
• 17. Overwhelming rebellion occupied many big cities.
• 18. The parliament has voted by an overwhelming majority to suspend its declaration of independence.
• 19. Economist Carl Weinberg believes the negative effects of plunging oil prices are overwhelming the positive effects of cheaper oil.
• 20. You may find it somewhat overwhelming at first.
• 21. Among the millions with hourly earnings at or below the minimum wage level, the overwhelming majority are from multiple-earner, relatively affluent families.
• 22. They realized it would be suicidal to resist in the face of overwhelming military superiority.
• 23. The legacy of Ancient Rome represented the overwhelming influence on Romanesque architecture.
• 24. We can't hope to prevail against such overwhelming odds.
• 25. A lot of people have an overwhelming loneliness.
• 26. The evidence against him was overwhelming.
• 27. The flood was overwhelming and the city was soon drowned.
• 28. She needs and wants to be loved with overwhelming passion and adoration.
• 29. They eat algae and prevent it from overwhelming the coral.
• 30. The Ministry has been defeated by an overwhelming majority.
• 31. DIY provided just such opportunities for the overwhelming majority of our informants.
• 32. The overwhelming majority of those present were in favour of the plan.
• 33. The overwhelming feeling is just deep, profound shock and anger.
• 34. An overwhelming majority of the committee members went in for the currency reform.
• 35. The party won an overwhelming victory in Burma's general elections last May.
• 36. We are exposed to an overwhelming number of chemical contaminants every day in our air, water and food.
• 37. The weight of evidence against her is overwhelming.
• 38. The physical stamina required for this sport is intense but the psychological demands are even more overwhelming.
• 39. He has exhibited symptoms of anxiety and overwhelming worry.
• 40. She felt an overwhelming desire to have another child.
• 41. They secured a victory in the face of overwhelming odds.
• 42. The overwhelming majority of small businesses go broke within the first twenty-four months.
• 43. For a few seconds, I felt I would black out because of the overwhelming stress.
• 44. Studying in a foreign country seems a bit overwhelming.
• 45. The motion was passed by an overwhelming majority.
• 46. "I'm not saying the challenge isn't almost overwhelming," says Fred Krupp.
• 47. The task won't feel so overwhelming if you break it down into small, easy-to-accomplish steps.
• 48. The overall effect of the painting is overwhelming.
• 49. He felt an overwhelming sense of loss.
• 50. The sense of déjà vu was overwhelming.
• 51. When your child is struggling for life, you feel this overwhelming sense of guilt.
• 52. She had the almost overwhelming desire to tell him the truth.