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as in devastated
to subject to incapacitating emotional or mental stress
just the thought of how much work there is to do overwhelms me
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as in flooded
to cover with a flood
that spring the massive runoff from melting snows overwhelmed the valley
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Valerie J. Nelson, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2024
The site also features real stories from young people who have felt overwhelmed by life as well as from the friends who have helped.
—Gail Mitchell, Billboard, 10 Oct. 2024
With superior technology and innovative operational concepts, the U.S. military can confound enemy war plans and lower the risk of its forces’ being overwhelmed and induced to capitulate at the start of a conflict.
—Nadia Schadlow, Foreign Affairs, 9 Oct. 2024
Almost as if wearying of itself, the novel doesn’t so much end as just come to a stop, seemingly overwhelmed by the mess that contemporary Britain has become.
—Charles McGrath, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2024
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Privately, Ethel was overwhelmed with grief after her husband’s death and retreated to Hickory Hill, the McLean, Va., estate once owned by President Kennedy.
—Valerie J. Nelson, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2024
The site also features real stories from young people who have felt overwhelmed by life as well as from the friends who have helped.
—Gail Mitchell, Billboard, 10 Oct. 2024
With superior technology and innovative operational concepts, the U.S. military can confound enemy war plans and lower the risk of its forces’ being overwhelmed and induced to capitulate at the start of a conflict.
—Nadia Schadlow, Foreign Affairs, 9 Oct. 2024
Almost as if wearying of itself, the novel doesn’t so much end as just come to a stop, seemingly overwhelmed by the mess that contemporary Britain has become.
—Charles McGrath, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2024
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“Overwhelmed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overwhelmed. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.
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