overwhelm

Example Sentences

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It still can be overwhelming if she looks at all the vitriol aimed her way online, she said, but “off the internet, it’s a completely different story.”

From Los Angeles Times

The lifelong condition affects communication and can make socialising seem confusing or overwhelming, according to the National Autistic Society.

From BBC

“Although there’s some desire to especially fix what happened in L.A., there wasn’t an overwhelming desire to roll it back,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times

French rescue centres have been overwhelmed, with sick birds being transferred across the national wildlife network to relieve the most overstretched facilities.

From BBC

It was overwhelming, and I think I just wanted to pretend that it wasn’t and that I was comfortable with it.

From Salon