overpowering
Example Sentences
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Anything that adds ballast and soaks up the warm bits without overpowering them earns a spot here.
From Salon
Mr. Sturridge is almost animalistic and at times absurdly funny in delineating Mat’s sudden and obsessive love; it seems to draw him to Anna with an almost overpowering force.
Lower-end soy sauces tend to have a higher salt content, which can be overpowering in your sweet cookie batter.
From Salon
Words of brotherhood overpowering the sensations of a crushing defeat.
From Los Angeles Times
The lighting is bright to the point of excess, overpowering the light from the stained-glass windows of the clerestory.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
