Sentence examples for swiftly overwhelmed from inspiring English sources

Dutch positions were swiftly overwhelmed and the Dutch armed forces surrendered on 15 May.

The independent investigation found that the temporary prison was swiftly overwhelmed by the large number of people arrested.

The last of the big fires erupted at 3 30 a.m., a rushing orange-and-red wall that swiftly overwhelmed the ruined Marriott Hotel.

Those who escaped the volley scrambled for their weapons, but were swiftly overwhelmed.

Communiqué USA, Inc. grew organically, adding new members to the team as they got busier and busier, thriving on an open dialogue that allowed every employee to set their personal threshold, putting their very best foot forward in confidence that they would not be swiftly overwhelmed.

While the area around Sarnia is familiar with sudden snow squalls, particularly in December when Lake Huron is not frozen, the intensity of the sudden storm swiftly overwhelmed snow-plow operators and police.

Second, the new subsidies for the uninsured are so expansive that they may encourage employers to stop offering insurance altogether, offloading their employees into the new health care exchanges and swiftly overwhelming the federal budget.

Immigration is to modern politics what violent crime was in the 1980s: an apparently marginal issue that can swiftly overwhelm a campaign.Americans' attitudes to immigration often seem erratic, even contradictory.

Mr. Gabriel jumped in to try to save them; one boy managed to swim to shore, but the others disappeared in a treacherous spot where the rivers converge and crosscurrents can swiftly overwhelm swimmers.

The pirates struck at dawn, on 28 January 1671, emerging from the jungle and swiftly overwhelming the town's outnumbered defenders.

The Australian light horsemen charged into the town with drawn swords, to swiftly overwhelm all the German and Ottoman troops caught in the open.