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Meanings of overpowering in inglês

So strong as to be irresistible.

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Examples for "overwhelming"
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In Bonn he learned that Germany's overwhelming priority interest is Eastern Europe.
The new yorker
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The case for a people's vote on any final deal is overwhelming.
The Guardian
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SM: Since the story was published I have received an overwhelming response.
News.com.au
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Firstly, thank u to everyone for your overwhelming support around this issue.
News.com.au
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Men must struggle for identity against the overwhelming power of their mothers.
Free Women, Free Men: Sex, Gender, Feminism
Usage of overpowering in inglês
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The revulsion of feeling in the crew of the Talisman was overpowering.
Gascoyne, The Sandal-Wood Trader: A Tale of the Pacific
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The scent met you half-way down the path; it was almost overpowering.
Tom and Some Other Girls: A Public School Story
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The pulse of hope and passion in the letter was almost overpowering.
The Case of Richard Meynell
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In the Name of God, the Lord of overpowering majesty, the All-Compelling.
Selections From the Writings of the Báb
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But the growth-inflation dynamics should be overpowering at the moment, Sanyal said.
Reuters
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It was hot enough outside; the palm-leaf fire made the heat overpowering.
The masque of africa: glimpses of african belief
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The sentiment of the white village was overpowering among the imitative negroes.
Birthright: A Novel
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She tried to fight back the overpowering, undefinable surge; she succeeded partially.
Dan Merrithew
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Nor was the overpowering cologne on the young man to my left.
Exit strategy
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This overpowering evidence did not seem to trouble May in the least.
Monsieur Lecoq, v. 1
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The turn of the political tide came with sudden and overpowering force.
Twenty Years of Congress, Vol. 1 / From Lincoln to Garfield, wit...
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She had an overpowering urge to adopt him and take him home.
Percy Jackson’s Greek Gods
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The sense of place is overpowering and the tracking shots are numbing.
The Irish Times
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They took the advantage immediately, overpowering him by sheer weight of numbers.
Complete Books of Blood
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Gradually, the human growth hormone was overpowering the magic in her system.
Artemis Fowl: the opal deception
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But I had never realized the overpowering weight of the insult before.
Short Stories and Selections for Use in the Secondary Schools
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