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.
