Sentence examples for overwhelming old from inspiring English sources

Of the young painter's predicament, he wrote, "The influences of contemporary painters, the overwhelming old masters, the isms... and above all the sheer excitement of painting something, are mixed up and hurled at him with stunning force".

The apparent progress of flushing toilets (marketed to the masses at the Great Exhibition in 1851) only made things worse, overwhelming old cesspools and forcing ever more effluent into the river, which belched it back into the city at each high water.

The European Union is a Ponzi scheme, the Federal Reserve is destroying the nation, a creeping socialism is overwhelming old-fashioned free enterprise.

But that new form can be overwhelming for old-school nonprofits, the New York Times pointed out this past February.

With the 40th anniversary of New York's most cherished basketball occasion upcoming, it seemed like a good time to revisit May 8 , 1970 a challenging night for the overwhelming majority of Old Knicks fans - most of us not too young anymore ourselves.

We obtained strong evidence that the overwhelming majority of old olive trees in IL and the PA originate from vegetative propagation of a single ancestral clone.

But suddenly, it might seem old, overwhelming or just plain messy to you.

The overwhelming majority of older people have insurance.

An overwhelming majority of older voters chose Republican Congressional candidates in Tuesday's election.

The overwhelming majority of older people in Katine will never be able to afford to stop working.

"People were kind of afraid for us and for Paul, thinking this is going to be overwhelming," Tobin Ryan, his older brother by five years, said.