Sentence examples for try to overwhelm from inspiring English sources

"ISIS attacks in a very particular way; they typically try to overwhelm," says Filkins, who is reporting from Iraq.

That is a change from his first experiences playing inside, where defensive players have less room to maneuver, leaving them little choice but to try to overwhelm the hulking offensive linemen.

Even at large rallies these days he doesn't try to overwhelm — his eyes don't flame, his hands remain unclenched and below his shoulders, he doesn't go for a sudden conversion experience.

Later in the week, the organization faced more widespread attacks from armies of zombie computers in Europe, Russia and Asia that try to overwhelm Web sites with floods of requests.

If they must fight there, American generals say, they will choose their targets carefully and try to overwhelm them with such decisive force that the Iraqis' will to fight collapses.

Minaya may turn to Seattle's Raúl Ibáñez or try to overwhelm Pittsburgh for Jason Bay, although the Pirates, having already dealt Nady, may not want to trade another outfielder.

"He basically tries to overwhelm you with ideas and wherewithal.

Since the time of Paganini, violin virtuosos have tried to overwhelm audiences with feats of agility.

"They're trying to overwhelm the systems, stop our service from running and close us down.

All the while K'Jon remains placid, never trying to overwhelm or be overwhelmed.

Rather than throwing players forward and trying to overwhelm the opposition, teams are sitting back and trying to avoid costly errors.