At times terror of dying overwhelmed her.
The daily threats, the uncertainty and palpable terror many face have overwhelmed even the pleas of Christian leaders not to abandon their historic place in a diverse Iraq.
In Surprised by Joy, he says that, when his mother died, "grief was overwhelmed by terror" at the sight of her dead body.
Certainly, child protection professionals need enormous support, training and supervision to confront this without being overwhelmed by terror and horror, and to intervene when necessary.
Despite feeling 'perfectly well', at two o'clock in the morning Tolstoy suffered a panic attack and was overwhelmed with feelings of "despair, fear and terror".
But thoughts of "good atoms" were overwhelmed by the terrors of the Cold War.
More often than not, however, the writing is framed within the unforgiving narratives of political repression, internecine savagery, and terror that overwhelm this collection.
Her eyes are obscured behind thick glasses and the high cliffs of her cheekbones, but Selma's capacity for feeling -- for joy as well as agony and terror -- overwhelms her mousiness.
Spine-tingling archival film — including some profoundly unsettling footage of a teary J. Robert Oppenheimer — illustrates a timeline of terror that overwhelms the director's bouncy call for civic engagement.
Whenever I get overwhelmed by the absolute terror, hatred and violence inflicted on women and children we see everyday all over the world, I turn to Alice's writings to find hope.
The way Rosie came alive on the page as I read, riven by the neuroses and terrors of your average American childhood, overwhelmed me with its truth.
