How to Use overwhelmed in a Sentence

overwhelmed

adjective
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  • Try not to get overwhelmed by all the choices in main lines.
    — Jerry Audet, Field & Stream, 3 May 2023
  • When he’s overwhelmed by the roar of noise in a train station, the sound and video footage get warped and woozy.
    — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Feb. 2024
  • There’s no shame in feeling overwhelmed by the process.
    — Byard Duncan, ProPublica, 12 Sep. 2024
  • Dump the same amount of water in all at once, however, and the plant and the soil are overwhelmed.
    — Raymond Zhong Erin Schaff, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2023
  • Some people are overwhelmed by that and don’t know where to start.
    — David Marchese, New York Times, 18 May 2024
  • The killing just around the corner from his house left him shaken and overwhelmed.
    — Mie Hoejris Dahl, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 Aug. 2024
  • There’s no need to feel overwhelmed by all of the offerings.
    — Alexis Bennett Parker, Vogue, 11 Oct. 2023
  • Of course, there is that starstruck, overwhelmed moment.
    — Adam B. Vary, Variety, 23 Feb. 2023
  • The Wolverines began the game looking overwhelmed by either the grandness of the stage, the stakes or both.
    — J. Brady McCollough, Los Angeles Times, 2 Jan. 2024
  • For those overwhelmed by choice, the ten-piece omakase menu is the perfect decision.
    — Jacqueline Dole, Travel + Leisure, 19 Mar. 2024
  • The problem now is that because Mykonos was so overwhelmed with tourism—and bad tourism—a new word that’s used is the ‘Mykonization’ of Tinos.
    — Julie Belcove, Robb Report, 4 Aug. 2024
  • Even on that cheater’s night in Houston, he was never overwhelmed like this.
    — Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2023
  • The night took a serious turn when the bride became overwhelmed and burst into tears.
    — Sadiba Hasan, New York Times, 12 Aug. 2023
  • The team was definitely overwhelmed the whole first week.
    — Marco Torres, Chron, 13 Apr. 2023
  • She is overwhelmed by the escalating horrors and the pressures of fame and is forced to face her past.
    — Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2024
  • My biggest job was to keep my playfulness alive and to not get overwhelmed by the enormity of the task.
    — Beatrice Verhoeven, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Aug. 2024
  • Douglass still clung to Desmond’s no-harm promise, but started to become overwhelmed by all of the back and forth.
    — Daryl Perry, The Indianapolis Star, 30 Oct. 2024
  • Nowhere more overwhelmed than the small town of Eagle Pass, Texas, where thousands of migrants converged and crossed over the last week.
    — ABC News, 24 Sep. 2023
  • The co-founders were working with over 1,000 creators and became overwhelmed.
    — Arcelia Martin, Dallas News, 13 July 2023
  • But the few hospitals still able to provide care are overwhelmed.
    — John Bacon, USA TODAY, 7 Mar. 2024
  • As great as that may be, even Roan is feeling a little overwhelmed with her new level of fame.
    — Stephen Daw, Billboard, 13 June 2024
  • The hustle and bustle of the holidays can also make pets feel stressed and overwhelmed.
    — Amy McGorry, Fox News, 25 Nov. 2023
  • With no idea how to express her ideas, she was left feeling overwhelmed and helpless.
    — Billboard China, Billboard, 24 May 2023
  • Feeling overwhelmed by the sheer amount of content to catch up on this winter awards season?
    — Michael Schneider, Variety, 7 Dec. 2022
  • As a lifelong camper and mom to a 1-year-old, I was initially overwhelmed by the prospect of sleeping outside with a small child.
    — Katherine Englishman, Parents, 20 June 2023
  • There have been a handful of moments when both quarterbacks have looked overwhelmed and tried to do too much.
    — Ryan McFadden, The Denver Post, 21 Sep. 2024
  • Tell your friends the truth: that you were overwhelmed by their generosity at the time and cannot ever forget it.
    — Miss Manners | Judith Martin, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Mar. 2023
  • Now pumps are so diverse that many women feel overwhelmed.
    — Sydney Page, Washington Post, 18 Mar. 2024
  • Parents who can't afford health care, schools that are overwhelmed.
    — Stefan Becket, CBS News, 2 Oct. 2024
  • People are overwhelmed and exhausted with all the vitriol and misinformation around this election.
    — Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2024

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