Example Sentences

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A woman said hunger and poverty had "overwhelmed everyone".

From BBC • May 27, 2025

Lue was the calm Clippers coach at a time when the Dallas Mavericks had overwhelmed his team and changed the momentum of the game.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2024

A police officer told The Associated Press that the gangs had overwhelmed security forces but were not yet in control of the prison, where several gang leaders were being held.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 2, 2024

However, hospitals visited by Reuters in Shanghai and Chengdu, as well as others around the country depicted in images and videos posted on social media, had overwhelmed emergency departments and long queues at fever clinics.

From Reuters • Jan. 10, 2023

But there were those few terrible memories, the ones that had overwhelmed her.

From "The Giver" by Lois Lowry