Definition: 1. Overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli. 2. Charge someone with too many tasks. 3. Cover completely or make imperceptible. 4. Overcome by superior force.
Use 'overwhelm' in a sentence:
1. The key is to not let the hobby-as-business overwhelm you.
2. Adoration and admiration will overwhelm you.
3. If I cannot overwhelm with my quality, I will overwhelm with my quantity.
4. It has something to do with how our daily responsibilities overwhelm us.
5. Will the rapid growth in data traffic overwhelm wireless networks?
6. Sometimes natural events overwhelm you, as your own mistakes never can.
7. Too much detail can overwhelm even the most meticulous planner.
8. No one doubts America's ability to overwhelm other countries with its military might.
9. But the various pros and cons should not blindly overwhelm one another.
10. Do not let the problems overwhelm you.
11. These would also typically overwhelm FireWire 800 connections.
12. I found myself often feeling overwhelmed when in busy or loud environments, such as shopping centers, parks or classrooms.
13. Fearful that India's nuclear Arsenal will overwhelm its own.
14. But all too often, he allows sloganeering to overwhelm practical proposals.
15. You can plan your life so that stress does not overwhelm you.
16. But the era, its ruins, and its blood overwhelm us with facts.
17. Your feelings of overwhelm are related to the mood swings you endure.
18. Can you feel your instincts overwhelm your reason?
19. Do not let these concerns overwhelm you.
20. He was overwhelmed by a longing for times past.
21. As this risk premium varies, it might overwhelm the effects of interest-rate changes.
22. A sense of overwhelm is often at the root of our work problems.
23. There is this "detachment" and I realize that there are obviously experiences which would overwhelm everyone.
24. I was overwhelmed with longing for those innocent days of early childhood.
25. Don't overwhelm yourself with too much change all at once.
26. But, the RBI fears, that flow can overwhelm an economy.
27. Countries overwhelmed by the human tide of refugees want safe havens set up at once.
28. The signal from the largest tends to overwhelm the others.
29. Their problems overwhelm and block their ability to listen and understand.
30. We live in a world that can and does overwhelm many people.
31. She was overwhelmed by feelings of guilt.
32. Initially unrestrained by predators of their own, foreign predators are likely to be able to multiply rapidly and overwhelm intended targets.
33. The need to talk to someone, anyone, overwhelmed her.
34. No difficulty can overwhelm us.
35. The army was overwhelmed by the rebels.
36. The beauty of the landscape overwhelmed me.
37. I was overwhelmed by the sheer quantity of information available.
38. We were overwhelmed by the sheer immensity of the task.
39. We were overwhelmed by requests for information.
40. Writing is a good tool for discharging overwhelming feelings.
41. The sense of space and emptiness is overwhelming.
42. At times she had an overwhelming desire to see him.
43. They had overwhelming public support to prosecute the war.
44. You may find it somewhat overwhelming at first.
45. The evidence against him was overwhelming.
46. The overwhelming majority of those present were in favour of the plan.
47. The overwhelming feeling is just deep, profound shock and anger.
48. The party won an overwhelming victory in Burma's general elections last May.
49. We are exposed to an overwhelming number of chemical contaminants every day in our air, water and food.
50. The weight of evidence against her is overwhelming.
51. She felt an overwhelming desire to have another child.
52. They secured a victory in the face of overwhelming odds.
53. It was clear that one massive Allied offensive would overwhelm the weakened enemy.
54. The overall effect of the painting is overwhelming.
55. He felt an overwhelming sense of loss.
56. A deep sense of despair overwhelmed him.
57. When your child is struggling for life, you feel this overwhelming sense of guilt.
58. She had the almost overwhelming desire to tell him the truth.
