overpowering
adjective
that overpowers; overwhelming.
overpoweringly
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a word derived from
overpowering.
Example Sentences
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It's a little sweet, a little smoky, and not overpoweringly hot, so exactly what I look for to top my eggs in the mornings.
From Salon ● Mar. 13, 2022
However, we couldn’t get over the overpoweringly Champagney taste of the rice.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 30, 2020
But having seen Vitalina Varela at Sundance this year and pondered it for months afterward, I find it haunting, overpoweringly sad, and ultimately unshakable.
From Slate ● Dec. 26, 2020
It’s somehow both dryly funny — this is, among other things, the greatest insult comedy I’ve seen in many a moon — and overpoweringly sad.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 11, 2020
Now there was a spotlight on the chair, and the overpoweringly bright blankness of the screen was replaced with a magnified image of the stage before it.
From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
