The phrase "overpowering desire" is correct and commonly used in written English.
It refers to a strong and uncontrollable urge or longing for something. Example: Sally's overpowering desire for chocolate often led her to raid the pantry late at night, despite her efforts to stick to a healthy diet.
Phaedra, the wife of Theseus, is a woman struck with overpowering desire for her stepson.
Of particular interest to Dr. Aldrich was narcolepsy, a frequent, overpowering desire to sleep.
The only recognizable thought among the debris in my mind, however, was the sudden overpowering desire to have sex, and this wasn't even a thought as such.
After that I was better, and I turned left on 42nd and went into Grand Central and stood under the main concourse's pale vault of night: I had a sudden, overpowering desire to see the stars.
Bring it on, for who wasn't struck during the whole cryogenics case by the overpowering desire to know what Vanessa Feltz and the presenter of Magic Radio's Weekend Breakfast think about it?
I'm nervous to death, and now I'm picturing my mom naked in the audience?" But the nerves are countered by his overpowering desire to get started — that and the sense that this is a job full of history but fraught with questions about the future.
She sings about hidden places, furtive apparitions and overpowering desires, posing questions like "Will I complete the mystery of my flesh?" Bjork is a cynosure of fashion, and part of the anticipation for her concert is wondering how her staging and costumes will embody such introspective songs.
The odor wafting from "cozy stations" nearby was overpowering their desire to catch their breath at the huts.
The sun started to fall and the light was perfect, but our desire to get to our site overpowered our desire to photograph our surroundings.
"Yet every time, I felt the need to write about that, the voice of the conspiracy and the fact of the foreign intervention has overpowered this desire and need".
These questions float through your mind and instead of imagining the best possible outcome, you allow your fear to overpower your desire and you succumb to the realization that...this is it.
