overwhelming sense
collocation in Englishmeaningsofoverwhelmingandsense
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overwhelming
adjective
uk/ˌəʊ.vəˈwel.mɪŋ/us/ˌoʊ.vɚˈwel.mɪŋ/
difficult to ...
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sense
noun
uk/sens/us/sens/
an ability to understand, recognize, value, or react to something, especially any of the five physical abilities to see, hear, smell, taste, ...
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In this case, theoverwhelmingsenseof unity and coherence of the work portrayed was the most outstanding quality.
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There is in these photographs anoverwhelmingsenseof the physical mobility of those portrayed.
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Unable to cross the room she was hit by anoverwhelmingsenseof isolation.
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Cemented together by intellectual rigour as well as by anoverwhelmingsenseof humanity, these observations promulgate an ideal of universal solidarity without sententiousness but with compelling readability.
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There is an elementary andoverwhelmingsenseof immediate and terrible danger.
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He had anoverwhelmingsenseof duty which was the product of his upbringing.
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That feeling is immediately followed by anoverwhelmingsenseof grief, and of guilt for having felt the relief in the first place.
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These estates are often very large with anoverwhelmingsenseof monotony and uniformity.
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There will also be anoverwhelmingsenseof relief.
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There was, of course, anoverwhelmingsenseof relief at a respite, but there was more than that.
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The proposal will makeoverwhelmingsenseto people as they grasp its impact.
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One speaks under a sense of moral defeat and anoverwhelmingsenseof shame that wrong has once more triumphed in the world.
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Only myoverwhelmingsenseof courtesy prevented me from interrupting and asking him to explain.
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When one of my constituents was told recently that he was to be rehoused, he, literally and physically, had a fit, simply from theoverwhelmingsenseof relief.
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We cannot permanently divide what is essentially one people without developing over the years anoverwhelmingsenseof national grievance which will eventually express itself in violent forms.
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Redundancy, short-term working, part-time working, temporary or part-time and temporary low-paid jobs produce a sense of a loss of security and anoverwhelmingsenseof insecurity at work.
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The question is simple: is the long-term health of our children and theoverwhelmingsenseof national pride that comes from international success worth the price tag attached?
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The heinous nature of the crime leveled at them often evokes anoverwhelmingsenseof betrayal.
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This filled her with pride and anoverwhelmingsenseof superiority.
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