Sentence examples for were overwhelmed from inspiring English sources

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were overwhelmed

verb

To engulf, surge over and submerge.

The dinghy was overwhelmed by the great wave.

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Police were overwhelmed.

The Guardian

Predictably, they were overwhelmed.

The Guardian - Sport

People were overwhelmed.

The New York Times - Magazine

The city's drains were overwhelmed.

The New York Times

In Romania, we were overwhelmed.

The Guardian - Film

The security officials were overwhelmed.

The New York Times - Sports

Copy editors, meanwhile, were overwhelmed.

The New York Times - Magazine

Brian and I were overwhelmed.

The New York Times - Magazine

Hospitals and medical staffs were overwhelmed.

The New Yorker

They were overwhelmed by the response.

The New York Times

Bidders were overwhelmed by the imaginative effort.

The New York Times - Arts

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