Usage examples (37)

• "I've learned over the years to temper that emotion, that inclination to be what some people would call overbearing," Ferris said this week.
• A man is never described as "overbearing" ... he is simply powerful.
• He was sort of arrogant and kind of overbearing, and he had his own problems and his own issues.
• A lawyer can stand up for his view of the law, but even though a judge tends to be kind of overbearing, a lawyer really is expected to more or less take it.