overbearing

Example Sentences

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The overbearing Gen X parents enable their anxious, self- and cellphone-obsessed zoomer children, jettisoning discipline while trying to be “cool,” locked in a toxic co-dependent dynamic that never allows their children to fail, or succeed.

From Los Angeles Times

The cues can be overbearing at times, but they never detract from the compassionate, tough experience at hand, watching someone with a threatened identity struggle with the limits of her forward-facing self.

From Los Angeles Times

They clashed over the war in Ukraine and he was spotted describing her as overbearing, arrogant and offensive.

From Reuters

Karen is supportive of her son, who is gay, but she struggles with how to correct her overbearing friend James when he makes thoughtless jokes about Ken.

From New York Times

The wife feels their relationship “works perfectly,” liberating her from overbearing parents while giving her a husband “for whom the bare minimum was more than enough.”

From Seattle Times