Sentence examples for felt overpowered from inspiring English sources

King crab legs (not Mediterranean), the signature dish, were steamed and served open with an orange sauce, which most tasters felt overpowered the delicate crabmeat.

Played as a power forward by coach Don Nelson, the lanky 20-year old felt overpowered by the more athletic NBA forwards, was intimidated by the expectations as a number nine pick, and played bad defense, causing hecklers to taunt him as "Irk Nowitzki," omitting the "D" which stands for "defense" in basketball slang.

The Yankees did not have much of a chance to feel overpowered by Johnson because they had a deficit the size of the Grand Canyon before they mustered three hits.

-"I have a seat at the table but I often feel overpowered by a louder voice (usually male) and many times I will say something / offer solutions and as if no one was listening, someone else (usually male) will say the same thing (sometimes even the same words?) and they will get the credit for the idea.

The inevitability of rapid change feels overpowering.

But she chooses scents that are "woody or green," she said, "instead of sweet or floral" ones that can feel overpowering.

And although the 10-member orchestra, led by James Holmes, played with lively nuance, the music felt slightly overpowered by the cartoonlike action onstage.

Whether gay or straight, urban or rural, in high school or in college, many youth face feelings of anxiety and depression that feel overpowering.

Tanks and LAVs feel as overpowered as they should, and are equally powerless against a smart engineer or two in cover.

Though in general I'm a big fan of smoky flavours, in this case I think ordinary sweet paprika works better – the smoky sort feels too overpowering for the dish – while a dash of cayenne adds a cleaner heat.

"They don't know how I felt as they overpowered me, tied me up, and subjected me to an onslaught of punches, near suffocation, and oral rape.