Sentence examples for are overpowered by a from inspiring English sources

Grilled sardines are overpowered by a pungent relish with raisins poached in sherry, but the piquillo peppers stuffed with shrimp and crab are excellent.

(Fitz feels bad about being overpowered by a Peruvian squaddie).

As she and her colleague arrested two poachers, they were overpowered by a third hiding in the bushes.

He seriously wounded a third man before being overpowered by a shoe salesman, police and witnesses said.

He gets within sniping distance of his quarry, but at the vital moment is overpowered by a sentry.

It felt so real that I felt anxious, 'oh this is what it would be like to be overpowered by a guy'.

A nice piece of Chilean sea bass was overpowered by a strong miso glaze and paired with leaden wasabi mashed potatoes.

The two night porters were overpowered by a gang of three or more men, who then partly rifled one of the safes.

Braised lamb shank, with wonderful garlicky grits, was tender, and the meat had excellent flavor but was overpowered by a spicy chili glaze.

Meanwhile Shane's case is being prosecuted by severe Alexa Hamilton, whose "beauty was overpowered by a raw will to succeed that made her sexually unattractive to him".

He was overpowered by a firefighter as he was trying to prise open a bottle of acetone in an apparent suicidal bid to destroy the factory.