Who letteth us or hind'reth our way, I spring on him, As springeth lynx or panther upon the frighted deer; With ruin I o'erwhelm him and abjectness and woe And cause him quaff the goblet of death and distance drear.
Prudence and love conspire in this request, Lest, unacquainted with our bold attempt, Surprise o'erwhelm her, and retard our flight.
Half-stunned he dashed away The sharp brine from his eagle eyes and turned To watch some mountain-range come rushing down As if to o'erwhelm them utterly.
Foul deeds will rise, Though all the earth o'erwhelm them, to men's eyes.
He stood amazed; anger and great grief o’erwhelm the hero and he wonders that such power for ill is allowed a coward.
But if the fates forbid and our first founder was misled by augury untrue, o’erwhelm me at least in some different ruin, and change the nature of my punishment.
The throne Rears not its state to swell the couch of Lust: Nor dignify Corruption's daring son, To o'erwhelm his humbler brethren of the dust.
Far from me, native to thy realm, Who shared its perfections which o'erwhelm Mind to conceive.
From every side the avenging cranes, amain, Throng, to o'erwhelm this terror of the plain.
Is thy hand set against us, O Ares, in ruin and wrath to o'erwhelm Thine own immemorial land, O god of the golden helm?
First shall the Sire, with thunder and the flame Of lightning, rend the crags of this ravine, And in the shattered mass o'erwhelm thy form, Immured and morticed in a clasping rock.
Thou lean'st upon a reed, will break beneath thee; One common ruin will o'erwhelm ye both.
God hath not granted him as yet this grace; He lives to see the grave o'erwhelm thy youth.
She would surely tell me truly How to best support my trouble, That my grief may not o'erwhelm me, And my sorrow may not crush me, In these weary days of evil, In this time of deep depression.
That thy grief may not o'erwhelm thee, And thy sorrow may not crush thee, In these weary days of evil, In these days of deep depression.
Before that dire disgrace shall blast my fame, O’erwhelm me, earth; and hide a warrior’s shame!
So may he perish, so may Jove disclaim The wretch relentless, and o’erwhelm with shame!
Crime flourishes throughout the land, And bids defiance to the law, And wicked deeds on every hand O'erwhelm our souls with awe!
May the curse of God O'erwhelm her and annihilate!
But teach me, as befits the present need, What place may serve by lurking vigilance Or sudden apparition to o'erwhelm Our foes in the adventure of to-day.
With all the speed thou mayest: swift harms from heaven With instant doom o'erwhelm the froward man.
There, no clouds o'erwhelm his breast, No midnight cares shall break his rest, 50 For all is everlasting cheerful dawn.
Leviathan shall die within his deep; The eyes of Heaven close in eternal sleep; 40 Confusion may o'erwhelm both sea and land; Mountains may tumble down, but he shall stand.
The throne Rears not its state to swell the couch of Lust; Nor dignify Corruption's daring son, T' o'erwhelm his humbler brethren of the dust.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "erwhelm" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
