Example sentences for: overpowered

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

  • Armed with iron spears and shields, they overpowered the Bronze Age weapons of Mycenae and broke down the Peloponnesian bastions.

  • The cathedral’s three original 14th-century portals are somewhat overpowered by the 19th-century neo-Gothic façade.

  • They also agree that its poor reviews (for a weak plot, characters, and dialogue) were overpowered by its shrewd timing (theaters showed it because no other big movies were out), legendary pedigree (everyone loved Jurassic Park ), and sure-fire premise (dinosaurs, which kids can't seem to get enough of).

  • As a once occasional translator of Russian, I am overpowered by an itch to comment on Emanuel Strauss”s review of Peter Mertvago's Comparative Russian-English Dictionary of Russian Proverbs & Sayings [XXIII,3].


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