overbearingly

Example Sentences

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Not typical of a New York style, but I don’t find it overbearingly sour.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 20, 2022

Here, hundreds of years later, is another moment of calm before the storm and also another story of a woman caught up in an overbearingly male world of power and intrigue.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 22, 2021

When hijacked by the Master’s control rooms, they burn an effulgent pink, so overbearingly bright that they become mesmerizing.

From The Verge • Dec. 2, 2019

Countless details have changed in the new version, some predictable in the move from vinyl to digital — there’s a bit more bass, though not overbearingly — and many that are brand-new judgment calls.

From New York Times • Nov. 7, 2018

“I have to, because I’m going to be a little . . . overbearingly protective over the next few days — or weeks — and I wouldn’t want you to think I’m naturally a tyrant.”

From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer