overwhelm

Example Sentences

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A thin group of linebackers was often overwhelmed.

From Los Angeles Times

Shortly after midnight, authorities released a rare country-wide alert on mobile phones warning people not to call overwhelmed emergency services unless lives were at risk.

From Barron's

But to do that and have everything you say, your mistakes magnified, seems overwhelming.

From Los Angeles Times

"As human beings, it is in our nature to prioritise children. You talk to the overwhelming majority of parents, good parents, they will take bullets for their children," the health secretary said.

From BBC

Wes Streeting, the Health Secretary, says: "Talk to the overwhelming majority of parents, good parents, they will take bullets for their children. I don't think that's reflected sufficiently in the state."

From BBC