Example sentences for: overwhelming

How can you use “overwhelming” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Indeed, Mr. Annan's sentiments have also been echoed recently by several scientists, who present overwhelming evidence for the disparity in scientific output between the developing and already developed countries (Gibbs 1995; May 1997; Goldemberg 1998; Riddoch 2000).

  • In the overwhelming majority of cases, selected proteins are first “labeled” by the addition of several copies of a small protein tag called ubiquitin and are thus targeted for degradation in the proteasome (Figure 1).

  • Wilde scholars note his sex scandal is curiously evocative of Clinton's: A spectacular public figure denies sexual indiscretion (in the face of overwhelming evidence) rather than risk challenging conventional morality.

  • "The Internet has been a tremendous asset to us, the overwhelming majority of people that will end up being McCain delegates [from New York] came to us through the Internet."

  • In the general election of 1919 an overwhelming number of Sinn Féin republicans were returned to parliament.


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