overwhelm

How To Use overwhelm In A Sentence

• You know that moment when really liking someone turns into a radiant love - overwhelming, a little frightening and almost exasperatingly fresh?
• The sheer volume is so overwhelming that the police cannot get on top of it. The Sun
• Perhaps in their heyday around 2006-2007, they were overwhelmed with the explosive rowth, however it was reported that prior to the recent management shuffling, they had a 1000 employees? Why MySpace Is Really GeoCities 2.0
• Your problem becomes a series of small tasks, rather than an overwhelming amorphous mass. Times, Sunday Times
• It's fun and looks good, but I tend to think the "shazam" factor overwhelms the actual participatory value. Discourse.net: NN08: Annette Taddeo Is a 'Future Leader'
• I was overwhelmed by a feeling of helplessness as I watched her being wheeled into the operating theatre.
• The succession of blows—the Agency’s decision not to provide us with any security, followed by the horrifying SSCI report and its Additional Views section, then my colleague’s inability or unwillingness to retestify before the SSCI, and the continuing media onslaught—were overwhelming. Fair Game
• Does a father react angrily when his tired, overwhelmed twelve-month-old flails out and hits him on the nose?
• On a sunny summer day one can be overwhelmed by the abundance of the wildlife. Times, Sunday Times
• It bemuses me that I need a face-to-face situation in order to be able to construct my own argument without feeling overwhelmed.