Example Sentences

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Not typical of a New York style, but I don’t find it overbearingly sour.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 20, 2022

When hijacked by the Master’s control rooms, they burn an effulgent pink, so overbearingly bright that they become mesmerizing.

From The Verge • Dec. 2, 2019

But even at his most overbearingly godlike, the film’s protagonist might have been on to something: There’s a little bit of Steve Jobs in all of us now.

From Washington Post • Oct. 15, 2015

“It smelled overbearingly like extreme toxicity,” Mr. Foxwell said.

From New York Times • Oct. 14, 2014

“I have to, because I’m going to be a little . . . overbearingly protective over the next few days — or weeks — and I wouldn’t want you to think I’m naturally a tyrant.”

From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer