overload
verb (used with object)
to load to excess; overburden.
overloaded
Example Sentences
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Theaters are overloaded with options and awards-season buzz starts to build as acclaimed films from festivals like Cannes hit screens nationwide.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026
The Dollywood website became overloaded Tuesday and was inaccessible for several hours.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 28, 2026
Yet Schoenbrun’s observations are presented in the film as though they’re opaque, overloaded with smug surrealism and jam-packed with visual stimuli designed to wink and nudge at the otherwise obvious.
From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2026
One survivor in her 40s told the AFP news agency that the ferry had been particularly overloaded at the time with goods - and passengers had raised concerns about the rough conditions.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
There are a bunch of studies that support, directly and indirectly, the significance of not being overloaded with information.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
