To those who are acquainted with the anatomy of crime, and who see exemplified in real life the courses of the wicked, its truth becomes not only evident, but of overwhelming importance.
Such perversity would seem hardly credible if it were not attested by overwhelming evidence.
Dick and the sergeant kept in the van, and presently they came within sight of Colonel Winchester's men, who, dismounted, were holding off as best they could the overwhelming attack of Forrest.
Yet Thomas had been confident that the first attack would be made upon his own part of the line, that Bragg with an overwhelming force would seek to roll up his left.
The little city, now the camp of an overwhelming army, had settled into silence, and the twilight was coming.
A shout of triumph burst forth when the news of the Proveditore's capture was announced to the pirates who had remained at the castle, and they crowded round the unfortunate prisoners, overwhelming them with threats and curses.
The whole animal world is in commotion, as if seized with an overwhelming panic.
But all was fruitless against the overwhelming sympathy of the troops with an universal popular feeling.
Germany's overwhelming superiority in artillery could not be effectively displayed in mountain warfare, but Dmitrieff's position on the Dunajec offered an easy avenue of approach.
So deep was the snow in places that movement was impossible; the trampling of the charging battalions rushing down over the slopes dislodged avalanches of snow, overwhelming both attackers and defenders.
Finally, when, surrounded by overwhelming Russian forces, it became apparent that no Turkish relief could reach him, Iskan Pasha and the remnant of his once proud corps surrendered.
Without an overwhelming supply of artillery the "phalanx" plan would have been unworkable--machine guns would exact too heavy a sacrifice of life.
Hungarian troops in overwhelming masses poured across the river and finally captured the town.
The Russians threw a fresh division of the Guards into the fight, but this too had to yield to the overwhelming force of the Teuton onslaught.
As events subsequently demonstrated, it was possible for the Turks to throw an overwhelming number of troops into Bagdad and to the south, and, furthermore, they were fighting under vastly more advantageous conditions than were the invaders.
But although a board across the hut divided us into two hostile camps, we shared a peril so imminent and so overwhelming that we dared not for an instant relax our watchfulness toward our enemies in the forest.
The result was such overwhelming spiritual fire that they taught the Faith openly and publicly and the people of TabrÃz rose up in wrath.
He is praying for death, so crushed is he by the sorrows that are overwhelming the Church; he remains continually in seclusion; gives audience to no one; and attends to no business.
Bea shook her head and declared it wouldn't do, then gave to Kittie the overwhelming responsibility of keeping Kat straight, and departed for the kitchen.
She firmly believed that Kittie had saved her from being lost forever, and on the foundation of her great gratitude, she had built an overwhelming love, that expressed itself in various ways.
They defended themselves bravely, in spite of the overwhelming numbers opposed to them.
Resistance was vain against such an overwhelming force, and the only resource of the travellers was to adopt pacific measures.
Herodotus then proceeds to relate a number of monstrous fables, which bear an overwhelming proportion to the parts of his narrative which are now known to be true.
Many good Christians have felt it to be an oppressive and almost an overwhelming mystery.
Let unbelievers cavil as they may, an overwhelming majority of the holiest and the best of men have bowed before the character of the Jesus of the Evangelists in humble adoration, and felt that it was immeasurably above them.
The British had only fifteen ships of the line against twenty-seven Spanish ships, but Britain, largely through Nelson's intrepidity, secured an overwhelming victory.
Kedzie's mental disarray was the overwhelming influence of infinite money.
The deed that he would once have cursed his wife for stooping to, perhaps have beaten her for, was now an occasion for overwhelming her with thanks.
It is the only opera in which character, a personal idiosyncrasy as distinct from an overwhelming passion, produces the dramatic action.
Nothing impresses the visitor to Holland more than the vast dikes or dams which restrain the sea from overwhelming the country.
All his acts were certainly merged in the one overwhelming object of a great ambition--that noble quality, which, if coupled with the love of country, is the very essence of true heroism.
He had not intended to ask his question quite so soon; but suddenly he was consumed with an overwhelming desire to speak out and get it over.
Combating again an almost overwhelming desire to stand in awed worship, he advanced hastily, speaking with a diffidence and an incoherence utterly foreign to his usual blithe boyishness.
Ruthlessly suppressing my almost overwhelming longing to pounce on one of those alluring cabinets, I advanced properly and held out my note to Mr. Denby.
To the man, looking into her anguished eyes, came a swift, overwhelming revelation.
The Bird of Paradise curtsied as if she shrunk under the overwhelming greeting, and crossed her breast with arms that gleamed like moonbeams and hands that glittered like stars.
He was interested, and forgot, or rather forcibly expelled from his mind, his lateoverwhelming adventure.
Let us heed the wishes of an overwhelming plurality of Americans and pass a constitutional amendment that mandates a balanced budget and forces the Federal Government to live within its means.
And given the overwhelming evidence of Soviet violations of international treaties concerning chemical and biological weapons, we also insist that any agreement we sign can and will be verifiable.
These proposals would also reform the habeas corpus laws and allow, in keeping with the will of the overwhelming majority of Americans, the use of the death penalty where necessary.
The enthusiasm of discovery, and the rich field for original industry offered to those early editors, may be reckoned as compensation for their otherwise overwhelming toil.
Ben threw back his right foot and made the young lady a nautical bow, accompanied with an overwhelming flourish of the hand.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "overwhelming" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
