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'were overwhelmed with' is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to refer to feeling an overwhelming amount of something, usually a positive emotion. For example, "We were overwhelmed with joy at the birth of our daughter."
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Their fax machines were overwhelmed with applications.
Coming down, we were overwhelmed with a richness of scenery.
Bosses at the charity said they were overwhelmed with the donations and offers of help.
"We were overwhelmed with subdivision applications and a building boom," Mr. Weichbrodt said.
Witnesses reported widespread panic in Bengkulu and said hospitals were overwhelmed with injured people.
When Fuller unveiled them to record companies six months later, they were overwhelmed with offers.
After sharing a call for entries video on social media, the brothers were overwhelmed with interest.
We were overwhelmed with success and the learning curve of starting a new franchise".
AO, bafflingly, was priced at £1.2bn at float and the bankers were overwhelmed with orders.
We were overwhelmed with entrepreneurs offering time, from 10 to 20 hours, free of charge.
As the bus lurched into McLeod Ganj, the family were overwhelmed with relief.
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