Verb (used with object) : to overpower a maniac. ,overpowered with confusion and desire. ,a strong drink that quickly overpowered him. ,a giant motor that overpowered the pump. From Dictionary.com.
Something like that, to make it hard to use in overpowered ways …. From Wordnik.com. [Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » Faraway Soul’s Review Forum] Reference
Orford's chains, and he advances, evidently overpowered from the effects of his wound and want of food. From Wordnik.com. [Obi Melodrama Act II, Obi, Praxis Series, Romantic Circles] Reference
He took up his silver whistle, and with its shrill call overpowered the sound of the burger's words. From Wordnik.com. [The Youth of the Great Elector] Reference
And I was so proud that, all those good things kind of overpowered, you know, what negative or worry things I might be thinking about. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 12, 2006] Reference
I think there should be 'overpowered' guns in FPS. From Wordnik.com. [The Guardian World News] Reference
Jordan "overpowered" Burk, according to Cael Sanderson. From Wordnik.com. [Iowa State Daily] Reference
There is opportunity for character development and while people think the characters are "overpowered", the monsters are scaled too. From Wordnik.com. [Comments for ArsGeek] Reference
"The widow seemed kind of overpowered by his coolness. From Wordnik.com. [Paul Prescott's Charge] Reference
These troops fought bravely, but were overpowered. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
He remained there quite overpowered with his emotion. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
My anxiety for that girl overpowered every other feeling. From Wordnik.com. [Life in the Grey Nunnery at Montreal] Reference
Julien remained mute, overpowered with shame and remorse. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Outmatched and overpowered, she had no choice but to run. From Wordnik.com. [Arcana Magi - c.12: Danica Leandros, Sentinel of Seiryuu] Reference
There was something mesmeric in his touch that overpowered Ideala. From Wordnik.com. [Ideala] Reference
Its smell overpowered her floral products until it filled the room. From Wordnik.com. [Blanket of Ivory] Reference
They tried to talk to each other but the noise overpowered their voices. From Wordnik.com. [The Impossible Man - Ep.13: March of the Steel Giant] Reference
When I think back to that moment in the ER, it was shame that overpowered me. From Wordnik.com. [Why physicians hate to admit their errors, even to themselves] Reference
Vance had no time to spare, and Garcia was quickly overpowered and handcuffed. From Wordnik.com. [The Dock Rats of New York] Reference
But the American overpowered Aldhouse and apparently humiliated him, Anukul said. From Wordnik.com. [Lee Aldhouse, British Kickboxer, Sought In Slaying Of U.S. Marine] Reference
Wuhl, best known as a comic second banana, is competent, but somewhat overpowered. From Wordnik.com. [A Wild Boar In Winter] Reference
The boy was big enough to have overpowered Wheeling, law enforcement sources said. From Wordnik.com. [Boy, 14, charged with teacher's rape, murder] Reference
Then fatigue overpowered him, and, rolling himself up in the sail, he went to sleep. From Wordnik.com. [Lost in the Fog] Reference
With so much mulch filling the space, it overpowered that coveted “new-car smell.”. From Wordnik.com. [2009 Detroit Auto Show: The greening of Detroit] Reference
The boy was big enough to have overpowered Wheeling, according to law enforcement sources. From Wordnik.com. [Teen charged with murder in Md.] Reference
Then the sense of my helplessness overpowered me for the first time since my father's death. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
And he gave her proofs, heaped them upon her, overpowered her with knife-thrusts in the heart. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Jeanne, trembling and overpowered, looked at her rival with a painful effort, and murmured, softly. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Despite his age, the teenager was big enough to have overpowered her, law enforcement sources said. From Wordnik.com. [Boy, 14, charged with murder, rape in teacher's death at Md. detention center] Reference
In a moment he was overpowered by divine love; the whole man was changed; yet he lost not a particle of his free will. From Wordnik.com. [Love's Final Victory] Reference
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