Songs you can dip in and out of, but a book... well, it can overpower you".
Love, hate, dependence, resentment, the feeling that they overpower you, wanting to be free of them.
It is balanced and sustaining, and it doesn't overpower you.
"He doesn't overpower you," said Dan Auerbach of the Black Keys, referring to Danger Mouse's production style.
Though the odor was hardly overpowering, you wouldn't want to eat a chicken cutlet that had smelled like a Rafflesia before it was cooked.
Brad Ausmus, Detroit's All-Star catcher, said, "He's not going to overpower you, but he's going to out-think and out-pitch hitters".
The beer world has a term for brews like that: sessionable, meaning they are generally low enough in alcohol, 4 to 6 percent, not to overpower you during a drinking session.
It couldn't bring about a "microcosmic society," that music, but it could overpower you, make you feel things, show you a nasty good time and give you something to marvel at.
The fug of cigarettes was at first nostalgic - ahh, this is what pubs used to smell like - then overpowering; you'll end up using your hotel's laundry service if you don't want a permanent eau de ashtray.
She doesn't overpower you.
