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The part of a sentence "it was overwhelmed" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
It is a past tense passive construction, where the subject (it) is receiving the action of the verb (overwhelmed). You can use this phrase to describe a situation where something or someone was completely overcome by a strong emotion, feeling, or situation. Example: When the news of her passing reached the community, the entire town was overwhelmed with grief.
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Western Union was the communications giant of its day, but it was overwhelmed by disruptive technology -- technology it failed to grasp.
Borrowing tactics from Afghanistan's Taliban, it spreads chaos to build a new order.The Shabab has learnt from its mistakes in 2006, when it was overwhelmed in a few days by the Ethiopian army.
The company had a staff of some thirteen hundred engineers, but it was overwhelmed by demands on its time, and crash investigators discovered that those in charge of the signal performed only a "lax" inspection, which "failed to discover grave flaws and major hidden dangers".
Gerada's PHP had to close its doors a while back because it was overwhelmed by demand.
Tanzania changed its policy in the 1990s when it was overwhelmed by nearly 900,000 additional refugees from conflict in three neighboring countries - Rwanda, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
As the boat struggled toward the dock and safety for its 29 passengers and two-member crew, it was overwhelmed.
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Most people in IT are overwhelmed with possibilities for using the cloud.
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It was overwhelming.
In rehearsals it was overwhelming.
Well, it was overwhelming.
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it was overcome
it was swept
it was overmatched
it became overwhelmed
it was overcrowded
it was overpowered
it was overloaded
it was overthrown
it was overtaken
it was overstretched
it was turned upside down
it was backed up
it was so upset
it's overwhelmed
it was flooded
it was deluged
it was drained
it was stunned
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