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Meanings of more overpowering in English

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Usage of more overpowering in English
1
Mrs. Compton was seized with a panic more overpowering than usual.
Cord and Creese
2
She had given her love all at once, and the sensation was the more overpowering.
The King's Highway
3
But a more overpowering trial of his resolution was approaching, which he could not avoid.
Antonina; Or, The Fall of Rome
4
But through all of these vain struggles, his love for Anne grew stronger, more overpowering.
From the Housetops
5
Well, it seems unlikely we will see any more overpowering images in the cinema this year.
The Irish Times
6
Rather, it seemed that the longer we did without it the more overpowering became our craving.
Andersonville: A Story of Rebel Military Prisons
7
The extreme warmth made the air more overpowering.
The Magician
8
He was finding Wally more overpowering every moment.
The Little Warrior
9
But even before he felt the stiffness and soreness he expected, he felt something much more overpowering.
The Scorch Trials
10
The whiff of desperation was made even more overpowering by the fact Stuart Binny was their chief destroyer.
The Guardian
11
She was even more overpowering than Mr. Fry because she was very lovely as well as very large.
Eight Days of Luke
12
My inability increased because my love to the Lord was growing more strong, more violent and more overpowering.
The Autobiography of Madame Guyon
13
But she withdrew it abruptly, and sat down, seized with more overpowering shyness than she had ever experienced.
Bluebell / A Novel
14
But now, suddenly, they seemed near to him-nearerand more overpowering than the First in Mods had ever been.
Zuleika Dobson; Or, An Oxford Love Story
15
Sometimes the emotional state you can get yourself into is a lot more overpowering than the use of the English language.
The Guardian
16
I think my feeling for Anna was stronger, deeper, more tender, and more overpowering than either of my previous two infatuations.
The Rise of David Levinsky
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