Overpowered

Examples

• She has suffered somewhat from the bite of the adder; but it is exhaustion which has overpowered her. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• Facing her on the bank blazed the fire, which at once sent a ruddy glare into the room where she was, and overpowered the candles. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• She was overpowered by shame and vexation. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• And high up here, on the crest, moved a wind that almost overpowered him with a sleep-heavy iciness. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• She appeared to have gone to change her dress, and to have sunk down overpowered. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• His first proceeding is to hold the piece of money to the gas-light and to be overpowered at finding that it is yellow--gold. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• The sensation of being stifled sometimes so overpowered him, that he would stand at the window holding his throat and gasping. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• I am overpowered by the discovery of my own genius for management. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• I am not afraid of being overpowered by the impression. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• I am overpowered with faintness and fatigue, else I had many, many more arguments to urge. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• My senses were overpowered, and I scarcely regretted my stern guide, when the windings of the mountain concealed him from my sight. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Mr. Dawson's kindness, and the delicacy with which he treated his prompt assistance quite as a matter of course, almost overpowered me. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• They were overpowered afresh by his uncommon generosity. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• When he was overpowered by these fits, the debtor often turned it for him. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• What I am saying, is what I said when you first overpowered me with surprise--you remember how surprised I was? Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• The night was so very sultry, that although they sat with doors and windows open, they were overpowered by heat. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• It was his foresight, his goodness, his silent, strong, effective goodness, that overpowered me by their proved reality. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Margaret was almost overpowered with the idea that her mother knew nothing of it all, and yet the affair was so far advanced! Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• I am overpowered by what has happened--I am shaken by what I have said. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Overpowered with watching and exertion, I had closed my eyes for a few minutes, when I felt a violent clutch on my shoulder. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Their energy of intelligence is so feeble and inconstant that it is constantly overpowered by bodily appetite and passion. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• My father is not overpowered. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• Her affection must have overpowered her judgment. Jane Austen. Emma.
• Do not be overpowered by such a little tribute of admiration. Jane Austen. Emma.
• We said nothing on the subject to Lady Glyde, who was then lying asleep, completely overpowered by exhaustion, on the sofa in the sitting-room. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Ladies, I am overpowered, and he handed some one a small French prize; to Fanny a pretty brooch; to me, a blank. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• It had hurt me before; but at last it overpowered me all at once. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• The agony of grief which overpowered them at first, was voluntarily renewed, was sought for, was created again and again. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• He stopped in his earnestness to look the question, and the expression of his eyes overpowered her. Jane Austen. Emma.
• He thought the news would have overpowered his wife--his wife, to whom he had never said a hard word. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.

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