were overwhelming
- past progressive of overwhelm.
Example Sentences
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Some moments were overwhelming, “because I was right back there alone, or suffering, and I didn’t have anyone, and I remember what it felt like,” he says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 7, 2024
But as the Epic Pass grew, crowds were overwhelming the mountain.
From Slate ● Dec. 20, 2023
Mrs Williams said the hospice was "always at the end of the phone" anytime she had felt things were "overwhelming."
From BBC ● Dec. 15, 2023
The community’s answers were overwhelming and clear: transparency and disclosure.
From Salon ● Dec. 14, 2023
The feelings of dismissal and exclusion were overwhelming and suffocating for me.
From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad
