Example sentences for: overwhelmed

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

  • Clinton comes through, in Reich's account, as an amiable man, a good politician, and a great preacher, who is nonetheless unprincipled, indecisive, and overwhelmed by the responsibilities that come with the presidency.

  • This time the Balinese were overwhelmed and thousands were killed, some in a suicidal march towards enemy guns, a ritual death in battle known in the Balinese language as puputan.

  • We're more like Total Quality bosses, and we're just what many new-style CEOs are: overwhelmed by a vast therapeutic mandate to keep control while dispersing power and to ensure not just the health but the happiness, not just the productivity but the loyalty, of our charges.

  • "Offering controversial advice to overwhelmed teachers, the NRA unveiled a new motto: 'It's not a setback, it's an opportunity.

  • Happily, the pretty town has escaped the high-rises and tawdry atmosphere of many coastal resorts, although it does get somewhat overwhelmed by crowds in summer.


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