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Meanings of overpowering desire in English

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Usage of overpowering desire in English
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He had experienced the strange, almost overpowering desire to touch the kneecap.
Gods go begging
2
He knew an overpowering desire for the protection and companionship of man.
The Call of the Wild, White Fang and Other Stories
3
As for Olivia, she felt an overpowering desire to flee away.
The Street Called Straight
4
Inexplicably, I felt an overpowering desire to talk to Ryan.
Speaking in Bones
5
He had an overpowering desire to hurl it at the head of his companion.
The Firm of Girdlestone
6
Body crackling propelled a sudden, overpowering desire to move about.
Existence
7
At that moment a strange and overpowering desire seized him.
The Ghost of Guir House
8
Should I not now be justified in surrendering to the overpowering desire to sleep?
The Lure of the Labrador Wild
9
He felt an overpowering desire to look on her face.
Lahoma
10
She felt abruptly that her warning was futile, felt an overpowering desire to run.
Tarrano the Conqueror
11
He felt an overpowering desire, however, to talk with her.
Sheila of Big Wreck Cove: A Story of Cape Cod
12
Then, all of a sudden, I had the overpowering desire to carry a loaded gun.
Gods go begging
13
An overpowering desire had come upon her to confess.
The Eternal City
14
It was an overpowering desire, a natural instinct on a level with the need to breathe.
Anno Dracula
15
An overpowering desire to quack like a duck was met and mastered in the same fashion.
The Poison Belt
16
All that she felt in her impulsive and emotional heart was an overpowering desire to pray.
Orrain: A Romance
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