So even people who do not normally react to allergens may start reacting after a first overwhelming blast like this spring's wave of pollens.
Not even the snap showers washing in to interrupt play, and a flatness to the team on the field, could deny them a third overwhelming victory which came, by an innings and 83 runs, at 11.56, four minutes before the Shipping Forecast, and just as Billy the Barmy Trumpeter was playing a poignant Last Post for the demise of Australian cricket.
This problem waxes and wanes, but has become stark under a prime minister who combines a presidential style with his second overwhelming Commons majority.One way to solve this problem would have been to enhance the powers of the upper house.
Critical friends will expect the parliamentary Labour party to accept and respect the second overwhelming democratic mandate granted by a mass membership in the space of a year.
Written at a lightning-fast pace, Virilio's landmark book is a split-second, overwhelming look at how humanity's motivity has shaped the way we function today, and what might come of it.
While the onslaught of figures, episodes and colors is at first overwhelming, a casual left-to-right reading suggests some narrative possibilities.
First, overwhelming evidence shows a diet that is full of fruits, vegetables, grains and beans, and devoid of animal products, is perhaps the best diet for cardiovascular health.
The first, overwhelming need is not for a legally binding agreement but for an atmosphere of positive co-operation.
It is at first overwhelming.
So that first overwhelming experience, your first operation, may well not be the end of the road but just the start of a very long journey.
