overbearing

Example Sentences

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Compared to the overbearing shelter system, which broke up friends, mandated sobriety, lacked privacy, prohibited pets, and offered insufficient storage, Gil wanted to have a light touch.

From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026

The emirate, now home to some 240,000 Britons, represented a place to start afresh, far from the rising costs, political upheavals and overbearing class system back home.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 3, 2026

Last year we eliminated overbearing patient-monitoring rules for certain CAR-T therapies that were a barrier for drug developers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 2026

In “The Great Santini,” he was a Marine fighter pilot who was as overbearing and explosive with his family as with the men under his command.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 16, 2026

Beverly Ember had given up in those few weeks trying to be directly involved in her granddaughter’s life, questioning whether or not she had been overbearing or too nosy.

From "Where Things Come Back" by John Corey Whaley