Sentence examples for overwhelming act from inspiring English sources

To many people, taking a country to war is the most serious and overwhelming act within a politician's power.

Many anarcho-syndicalists believed that such an overwhelming act of noncooperation would bring about what they called "the revolution of folded arms," resulting in the collapse of the state and the capitalist system.

There are an overwhelming number of acts as usual, too many to round up here, though perhaps you'll come across absurdist all-female troupe Figs in Wigs in a bath tub.

In this lower-middle-income setting, the overwhelming number of UAS acts among participating MSM, takes place with partners whom the respondent is emotionally involved with.

It is therefore quite possible that the overwhelming number of RelE-like nucleases in bacteria act as "adaptation enzymes," each appropriate for a specific environmental situation.

Wendy took dance classes beginning at the age of eight, and she still likes to dance, but she sometimes found her mother's perpetual motion overwhelming, and an act she was not inclined to follow.

The right of self-defense exists in customary international law and permits states to resort to force if there is an instant and overwhelming need to act, but the use of such force must be proportionate to the threat.

Because of society's belief "that all problems can be solved through the application of scientific knowledge and sustained effort to whatever serves as an obstacle to the realisation of human desires", people feel an overwhelming need to act, even in situations that they know to be beyond the influence of human agency.

What remains to be seen is whether these upbeat ads, plus new polling showing 78percentt of the public favoring the Employee Free Choice Act, overwhelming Congressional support and a new pro-union administration, can help overcome the smears and intensive lobbying orchestrated by corporate flacks like Dr. Evil, Richard Berman.

Actin exposed at the site of overwhelming injury may act as a sink to exhaust the supply of plasma gelsolin, in turn allowing redundant inflammatory cascades unfettered opportunity to wreak havoc upon multiple organ systems.

When it comes to sexual violence, cases like Greenfield's and Whittud's are exceptions: The overwhelming majority of acts of rape and child abuse are not committed by a stranger lurking in the shadows or next door, but by a friend, acquaintance, or family member.