How to Use overwhelming in a Sentence

overwhelming

adjective

• And those leads hold up an overwhelming amount of the time.
  — James Yasko, Chron, 16 June 2022
• The key here is to keep the shapes sleek, so the metallic doesn’t feel too overwhelming.
  — Christina Holevas, Vogue, 17 Dec. 2024
• The Valkyries, though, fought back to avoid an overwhelming rout.
  — Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 28 May 2025
• And the response for Uh and Kim must have been overwhelming.
  — Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2024
• Seen through the child’s eyes, the bustle is overwhelming.
  — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2024
• For many of us, the specter of climate change can feel overwhelming.
  — Abigail Siatkowski, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2023
• That’s a lot of sources to sift through and is pretty overwhelming!
  — Kristen Finch, JSTOR Daily, 21 Apr. 2025
• Her sorrow was overwhelming, but the show helped to keep her afloat.
  — Rachel Sherman, New York Times, 6 June 2023
• There’s a lot out there right now that can feel overwhelming.
  — Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 3 Dec. 2024
• The clean fragrance is a major plus, and the scent isn't overwhelming or strong in the slightest.
  — Cristina Montemayor, Men's Health, 11 Jan. 2023
• The bell is still tolling, and as the queen’s coffin is placed on the gun carriage, the silence is overwhelming.
  — Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2022
• The region is spoiled for choice that can, at times, be overwhelming.
  — Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2024
• The scent has light rose overtones and is NOT overwhelming.
  — Sam Peters, ELLE, 28 Feb. 2023
• And so to be at this point and to have that kind of recognition is just overwhelming.
  — Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 1 May 2025
• But throw in a kid or two, and the entire process can feel downright overwhelming.
  — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 29 July 2024
• This was not a fault of the teachers, but the evidence was overwhelming.
  — Sam Kmack, The Arizona Republic, 15 Oct. 2022
• To-do lists, events, deadlines and projects can get overwhelming.
  — Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 June 2023
• The downside is that those 28 programs can be a bit overwhelming at first.
  — Francesca Krempa, Bon Appetit Magazine, 22 Apr. 2025
• There’s a lot of other things going on in their world that can be overwhelming.
  — Sanya Mansoor, Time, 12 July 2023
• The overwhelming number of asylum-seekers last year was just the tip of the iceberg.
  — Frida Ghitis, CNN, 20 Aug. 2022
• But the overwhelming number of those rebounds came a decade ago.
  — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 23 Aug. 2022
• When the world feels overwhelming, reading ought to provide a refuge.
  — Becky Meloan, Washington Post, 19 July 2024
• Choosing the best golf shoes, polos, golf shorts and golf pants, golf rain gear, and more can be a bit overwhelming.
  — John Thompson, menshealth.com, 1 May 2023
• And growing up being in the limelight at such a young age is very crazy and can be overwhelming.
  — Jennifer Maas, Variety, 26 May 2022
• The bottom line is that going goblin mode shouldn’t be overwhelming—that’s not the point at all.
  — Abby Wilson, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Sep. 2023
• For Damon, there’s at least one reason why the messages can be so overwhelming for some of the Wayans.
  — Angel Saunders, People.com, 29 Mar. 2025
• The whiskey aisle at your local wine and spirits store can be overwhelming.
  — Sam Stone, Bon Appétit, 17 Dec. 2024
• All of this Black Friday 2023 talk can be overwhelming.
  — Sarah Han, Allure, 17 Nov. 2023
• The sudden separation has been overwhelming for all of us, especially for our children who miss their mother deeply.
  — Nick Mordowanec, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 June 2025
• But a similar effort in the early 1970s generated overwhelming support for a public library in La Grange Park.
  — Hank Beckman, Chicago Tribune, 17 June 2025