How to Use overwhelm in a Sentence

overwhelm

verb

• The city was overwhelmed by the invading army.
• They were overwhelmed with work.
• Don't overwhelm him with facts.
• Still, the new strain of the virus threatens to overwhelm them.
  — John Raby, ajc, 25 Dec. 2021
• The sauce should be more of a thin glaze with a punch of heat that doesn’t overwhelm the dish.
  — Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec. 2022
• But humans have long been overwhelmed by the scale of the U.S. Code.
  — Brooke Seipel, Fortune, 4 Dec. 2024
• As the crowd roared, Ford fell to his knees, overwhelmed by the moment.
  — Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 28 Dec. 2024
• Levchenko, 36 years old, found a shortcut at the start of the war when morgues were overwhelmed.
  — James Marson, WSJ, 7 Nov. 2023
• And for the most part, a young defense wasn’t overwhelmed by the moment.
  — Phil Thompson, Chicago Tribune, 5 Apr. 2025
• He was overwhelmed by smoke on the top floor and was forced to exit the building.
  — Chris Pandolfo, Fox News, 1 July 2023
• We have been overwhelmed with a huge amount of love and support over the last few days.
  — Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 29 Feb. 2024
• For two hours, the weight of the occasion threatened to overwhelm the match.
  — Susie Rushton, Vogue, 24 Sep. 2022
• The plant will turn from green to brown, and the jar will keep the aroma of cannabis from overwhelming the kitchen.
  — Amanda Yeager, Baltimore Sun, 29 June 2023
• The cluster is bright and easy to read and doesn’t overwhelm you with data.
  — Roberto Baldwin, The Verge, 20 Mar. 2023
• The city’s hospitals and morgues were overwhelmed, unable to cope with the influx of the dead.
  — Sarah Sirgany, CNN, 18 Sep. 2023
• Already overwhelmed by the sheer amount of deals at Amazon?
  — Amy Schulman, Peoplemag, 10 Oct. 2023
• Bare Neutrals If the paradox of choice overwhelms you, then stick to the basics.
  — Audrey Noble, Vogue, 1 Jan. 2025
• Tip’s owner had been overwhelmed by six dogs and four cats.
  — Jennifer Peltz, ajc, 7 May 2023
• Simply put, the Lakers were overwhelmed by Morant and Bane.
  — Broderick Turner, Los Angeles Times, 27 Apr. 2023
• Given the powerful 80-mile-an-hour winds, the force of the wind would have overwhelmed their vessel.
  — Analisa Novak, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2023
• And that's a surefire way to eat healthily in a manner that won't overwhelm you.
  — Cat Lafuente, Health.com, 19 Jan. 2022
• And then, of course, at all times, the screen is beckoning us, overwhelming our lives.
  — Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 31 Dec. 2023
• Taylor Swift is overwhelmed by the love from Sydney fans!
  — Escher Walcott, Peoplemag, 25 Feb. 2024
• The plant was built to handle the spills from Tijuana but has been overwhelmed by the increasing flows over the years.
  — Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Feb. 2024
• The Bulldogs will overwhelm the Huskies from start to finish and move one step closer to a return trip to the Final Four.
  — Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2022
• Grief does not overwhelm the soul nearly as much as $13M from the NRA overwhelms your bank account.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 27 May 2022
• Sentiment takes a back seat to thrift, and the bitter truth cannot overwhelm a tremendous sense of loss.
  — Bruce Jenkins, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 July 2022
• But its elephants, breeding at a rate of 10% per year, could soon overwhelm the park, said experts.
  — Gregory Gondwe, USA TODAY, 15 July 2022
• The book was a tale of heroic resistance, but stretched across so many years of television, the bursts of rebellion were overwhelmed by long periods of suffering.
  — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 8 Apr. 2025
• In my opinion, today's consumers are overwhelmed by noise—too many offers, messages and distractions.
  — Ali Payani, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025