| 单词 | overpoweringly |
| 例句 | The air in the little square chamber above the bells was hot and stagnant, and smelt overpoweringly of pigeon dung. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z I felt that I was not, never had been and never would be a living part of this overpoweringly solid and deeply meaningful world around me. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Now there was a spotlight on the chair, and the overpoweringly bright blankness of the screen was replaced with a magnified image of the stage before it. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z The meat is delicate and flavorful without being overpoweringly salty or sweet. Driving along the Trans-Canada Highway isn’t a road trip. It’s a family culinary tour. 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z Jolie’s role is another of her manipulative, free-spirit numbers, but taken somewhat to extremes: weepy/needy one minute, overpoweringly seductive the next. Every Angelina Jolie film performance – ranked! 2019-10-03T04:00:00Z How do you make a song that’s explicitly political and connected to current events without it being overpoweringly depressing, or not listenable? 'Selma' Actor Common: Don't Speak Out "Just Because It's Popular" 2015-02-06T05:00:00Z "The central performance is touching, truthful and overpoweringly charming, one of those classic screen turns by a child, up there with The Kid and The Red Balloon," wrote Nigel Andrews of the Financial Times. Turkish film wins in Berlin, Polanski honored 2010-02-21T00:39:00Z We rejected several bottles, including some of the more expensive ones in the tasting, because they were so overpoweringly oaky. Finding Harmony in Ribera del Duero 2018-12-13T05:00:00Z This is a stunning show, almost overpoweringly various in idea, theme and medium. Gauguin: Maker of Myth 2010-10-02T23:06:00Z Bergman is renowned for those colossal closeups of women’s faces, and his greatest were on the overpoweringly charismatic Harriet Andersson, his former lover. Bergman: why are the great director's women all tragi-sexual goddesses? 2018-02-04T05:00:00Z “And Mr. De Niro is able to lend toughness to an ending that risks becoming overpoweringly sentimental, and instead succeeds in conveying a strong sense of father-son love.” What’s on TV Thursday: N.B.A. Finals and ‘A Bronx Tale’ 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z It's a little sweet, a little smoky, and not overpoweringly hot, so exactly what I look for to top my eggs in the mornings. The 17 best hot sauces for fried eggs, grilled cheese and Bloody Marys 2022-03-13T05:00:00Z Jaffrey whizzes her onion, ginger and garlic into a paste before cooking, which means her gravy tastes overpoweringly of onion – no bad thing, but it doesn’t leave much room for the other flavours. How to cook the perfect aloo gobi 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z Not so the overpoweringly salty ham hocks and green-bean stew derailing the impressive pork chop. June in Madrona holds promise with its eclectic menu 2010-09-16T22:20:00Z He hooked up with the producer Nile Rodgers for “Let’s Dance,” an album that isn’t as awkwardly, overpoweringly black, like much of “Young Americans.” How David Bowie Challenged MTV on Race 2016-01-13T05:00:00Z Where Wagner’s sculpture is overpoweringly dark, Paul’s is radiantly light. Review | In the galleries: Using technology as a medium and an inspiration 2023-02-10T05:00:00Z Brown is forceful, overpoweringly so, playing Lee-Curtis as a guy who is high on his own supply, of ego. ‘Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul.’ review: Wearing a smile while falling from grace 2022-08-30T04:00:00Z I brought a friend recently who tried a strawberry lemonade green tea with litchi popping bobas, and she mentioned that it wasn’t overpoweringly sweet the way she had feared. Perspective | There has never been a better time to discover the perks of being a restaurant regular 2021-01-25T05:00:00Z However, we couldn’t get over the overpoweringly Champagney taste of the rice. Pantry Kitchen champs create New Year’s Eve appetizers with Champagne, Pop Rocks, black-eyed peas and collards 2020-12-30T05:00:00Z It’s somehow both dryly funny — this is, among other things, the greatest insult comedy I’ve seen in many a moon — and overpoweringly sad. Best 2020 double feature: Two favorite discoveries in film's toughest year 2020-12-11T05:00:00Z The flavor of the honey absolutely comes through, though not so much to make them overpoweringly sweet. Homemade honey graham crackers are a simple, not-too-sweet treat 2020-04-15T04:00:00Z What it does know is that most of the commonly added extras – cold, clammy ham; thick, gluey peanut butter; overpoweringly vinegary pickles – actively detract from the sandwich. How to Eat: a crisp sandwich 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z The Midnight Mission’s overpoweringly stirring annual Street Symphony “Messiah,” for instance, will next month again be an occasion to take stock of our community’s failure and potential. Review: Harry Partch, the hobo years 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z Tan tried the summer salad and liked it; on a separate visit, mine was underdressed and odd, with cauliflower not so much roasted as scorched in spots, plus tough-podded, overpoweringly sour pickled beans. New from a James Beard-nominated Seattle duo, Belltown seafood place Vinnie’s sometimes flounders 2019-08-15T04:00:00Z Lesser ones are overpoweringly sweet, dry or, worst case, tasteless. Does Georgetown Cupcake really have the best cupcakes in D.C.? We tested seven shops to find out. 2018-10-15T04:00:00Z “To the degree that ‘In Cold Blood’ is an accurate, sensitive record of actual events, it succeeds overpoweringly,” wrote movie critic Roger Ebert. Scott Wilson, star of ‘In Cold Blood’ and ‘The Walking Dead,’ dies at 76 2018-10-07T04:00:00Z In schizophrenia, the brain is so overpoweringly convinced that it should perceive trees or bears that it wills them into existence. Can We Measure Delusions? 2018-03-19T04:00:00Z “Very sweet, overpoweringly so.” “Had nice texture, but glaze felt chalky.” Review | Who makes the best doughnuts in Washington? We tasted 24 to find out. 2017-10-06T04:00:00Z Both smell overpoweringly of disinfectant, but this does not entirely cover the cloying smell of the corpses. On the frontline with Karachi’s ambulance drivers 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z Someone must have obtained both Annie Leibovitz’s fee and a time at which she and Theresa May were available – how overpoweringly noteworthy! So Theresa May thinks she just needs to look the part… | David Mitchell 2017-03-26T04:00:00Z “It’s sort of overpoweringly erotic. The blue sea, the weather—everything seems to be encouraging sex.” The Psychedelic Garden of Tuscany 2016-04-18T04:00:00Z It's well that Gielgud's work is so vivid, because Welles' Falstaff is overpoweringly good. Orson Welles raises a glass to Falstaff in the spectacular 'Chimes at Midnight' 2015-12-31T05:00:00Z Walking towards the tube, I considered quite how overpoweringly lovable I’d found Oliver – and Bill – to be; and I am not a man easily moved, at least not to love. Tea with Oliver Sacks: Will Self, Andrew Solomon and Sue Halpern pay tribute 2015-09-04T04:00:00Z How to sell this year’s handset when last year’s handset is not only good enough, but overpoweringly good enough for a user, is a tricky challenge. If The Samsung Galaxy S3 Is Good Enough, Who's Going To Buy A Galaxy S5 After MWC? 2014-02-21T00:31:00Z The juice is chocolaty brown, and the room is filled with an almost overpoweringly sweet smell reminiscent of baking yams. The Tequila Curse 2013-10-17T23:54:14Z But there was nothing vague or uncertain about him: he was overpoweringly, gloriously distinct. Mrs. Thompson A Novel 2012-04-25T02:01:10.557Z The climate of Teheran is very good; its winters are pleasantly cold, and the summer heat is not so overpoweringly great as in other places. Behind the Veil in Persia and Turkish Arabia An account of an Englishwoman's Eight Years' Residence amongst the Women of the East 2012-04-18T02:00:15.997Z Its large panicle of overpoweringly fragrant white waxen bells is a striking object wherever seen. The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits 2012-02-17T03:00:37.163Z A moist statue of Endurance established at one's breakfast-table is an overpoweringly cumbersome piece of furniture, however immaculate its contours. The Maid of Honour, Vol. 1 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:38.533Z Though all had been made to take a bath every morning, the odour in the crowded prizes was almost overpoweringly strong. A Roving Commission Or, Through the Black Insurrection at Hayti 2012-02-06T03:00:13.023Z The Catholic of the 16th century was apt to tell you that he could not sit at table with a heretic because the latter carried with him a distinctive and overpoweringly repulsive odor. The Great Illusion A Study of the Relation of Military Power to National Advantage 2012-01-11T03:00:19.077Z A playwright is always an entertainer, and unless his desire to hold his audience overpoweringly predominates, he will never be a success. Atlantic Classics, Second Series 2011-12-09T03:00:20.203Z It might just as well have been overpoweringly hot. Paddy-The-Next-Best-Thing 2011-12-08T03:00:28.210Z Then, surmounting all are five wondrous domes, Oriental in themselves, so overpoweringly Oriental that the eye, unable at this distance to discriminate, telegraphs to the brain the magic words—"The East!" Cathedral Cities of Italy 2011-10-12T02:00:42.597Z With Stephen’s penknife they clipped a bunch of dewy white roses with yellow centers, and a few sprays of honeysuckle whose fragrance was overpoweringly sweet. The Automobile Girls Along the Hudson Fighting Fire in Sleepy Hollow 2011-09-18T02:00:23.270Z And it held him there, quivering and purple, the strange emotion waxing more and more overpoweringly potent at each passing fraction of a second. Short Stories of the New America Interpreting the America of this age to high school boys and girls 2011-09-17T02:00:26.183Z There was a sort of rustling pounce, and Grace became aware that the outraged Miss Vivian had been audibly and overpoweringly kissed in the presence of a giggling Scout and of her own junior secretary. The War-Workers 2011-08-25T02:00:32.260Z Yes, you will know how to love as I desire,--warmly, nobly, overpoweringly. A Twofold Life 2011-07-21T02:00:21.433Z If the robbers are overpoweringly strong and there is no chance of beating them, then and only then should you think of martyrdom. Lest We Forget World War Stories 2011-07-07T02:00:28.183Z As in him all sensations stirred more intensely and overpoweringly than in Roquairol, he had not, like him, pleasure in portraying them, but shrank from it. Titan: A Romance Vol. II (of 2) 2011-06-14T02:00:26.670Z For just as colour may be strengthened to a painful glare, and sound may be magnified to a torture, so even a sweet scent may pass its appointed bounds and become an overpoweringly evil smell. Wood and Garden Notes and thoughts, practical and critical, of a working amateur 2011-06-02T02:00:22.983Z She asked no questions, found no fault, but was throughout unapproachably courteous and overpoweringly civil. Boston Neighbours In Town and Out 2011-05-24T02:00:13.567Z I am sick — no wait, amend that to say I am profoundly, overpoweringly sick — of people in this city complaining about the lost franchise. Seattle readers react to Oklahoma City Thunder's playoff series 2011-05-22T00:34:08Z George Ryle, at any rate, thought so, and was glad that a burst of rustic merriment came overpoweringly at that moment from the feasting in the other room. Trevlyn Hold 2011-05-16T02:00:12.977Z Two good-size pork chops were served with a maple glaze that was not overpoweringly sweet. | Chester: A Steakhouse With Quite a View 2011-05-14T19:24:12Z For she was overpoweringly shy of making any such decision. Royal Highness 2011-05-05T02:00:22.363Z The whole is sprinkled with lavender water and other scents, and is very pretty to look at, but yields an overpoweringly strong perfume. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 369, July 1846 2011-04-29T02:00:09.217Z But when she felt herself to be injured, she would be overpoweringly plaintive. That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 3 2011-04-26T02:00:25.180Z The atmosphere, surcharged with perfumes, had become overpoweringly close. Petticoat Rule 2011-04-18T02:00:14.507Z Slowly but surely and overpoweringly has the conviction mastered her. Boris Lensky 2011-03-07T03:00:10.233Z We left Mersine the morning after our arrival an hour before sunrise, so that we reached our destination before the sun had waxed overpoweringly hot, or the horse-flies had become annoying. The Thistle and the Cedar of Lebanon 2011-02-20T03:00:13.767Z Miss Pilgrim was small but stately, almost overpoweringly so. A Search For A Secret (Vol 1 of 3) A Novel 2011-01-22T03:00:18.233Z The smell, as the pit was being dug lower down, became always more offensive; but when, at last, the rotting deal coffin was drawn out and opened, it became overpoweringly loathsome. The Pobratim A Slav Novel 2011-01-11T03:00:27.460Z She must have just been scenting herself, for her person exhaled the opoponax perfume more overpoweringly than ever. The Undying Past So I was not afraid that Miss Million would be really overpoweringly shy, even on entering a drawing-room full of strange callers. Miss Million's Maid A Romance of Love and Fortune The weather was perfect, sunshiny and bright, but not overpoweringly hot, and the exercises went off with a smoothness that made Dolly wild with satisfaction and delight. Dolly's College Experiences Their experience, their deceptions, their secret successes, for a long period overpoweringly excited the fancies of Germans. Pictures of German Life in the XVth XVIth and XVIIth Centuries, Vol. II. Now it was as overpoweringly nauseous as when he had bent down to stab his dead brother. The Pobratim A Slav Novel 2011-01-11T03:00:27.460Z The dried hay, with its almost overpoweringly sweet smell, was lifted by forks into a wagon, tramped down, then transported to fill bursting barns. Frying Pan Farm The idea was so overpoweringly lovely that Jimmieboy could not find words to express his delight over it. Harper's Round Table, May 28, 1895 Suddenly, overpoweringly, the consciousness of safety rushed through his being, and swept before it all petty considerations for his own dignity and self-esteem. What a Man Wills So whenever you don’t know what else to do with yourself, why this isn’t an overpoweringly long ride. The White Hand and the Black A Story of the Natal Rising For the rest, she was weary and discouraged, and oh! overpoweringly lonely! Lady Cassandra Again that weird peace and comfort was upon him, but more overpoweringly now. The Sphere of Sleep When they do, it is for what they consider overpoweringly good reasons. How to Analyze People on Sight Through the Science of Human Analysis: The Five Human Types The motion here in the ship’s nose was very violent; the uproar of the sea often overpoweringly loud. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 2 (of 25) And there is amongst those capable of expressing an authoritative opinion—an agreement supported by evidence that has simply nothing against it—that the world of primitive man is overpoweringly animistic. Religion & Sex Studies in the Pathology of Religious Development The religion of later antiquity is overpoweringly absorbed in plans of escape from the prison of the seven planets. Five Stages of Greek Religion What really was taking place became presently overpoweringly convincing. At the Crossroads He was shaking in a chill, though the temperature was over eighty, and the cabin, when he had first entered it, had seemed to him overpoweringly hot and stifling. Wild Justice: Stories of the South Seas Helen declared, in a whisper to Ruth, that she had never known her twin brother to be so overpoweringly polite and thoughtful. Ruth Fielding at Briarwood Hall or Solving the Campus Mystery I have heard and do in part believe it, that the effect of such a supplication in Gaelic is overpoweringly strong. Literary Tours in The Highlands and Islands of Scotland Dimly, but overpoweringly, he realized that he had passed the threshold of a new world. In the Morning of Time It makes me so wretched, so overpoweringly wretched, to think you should have done this for me. The Time of Roses Her old fear of what the consequence would be if this revelation came to his knowledge rose chokingly and overpoweringly. The Roof Tree Vinnie perceived the little mistake she had made; but she was not so overpoweringly impressed by his nobility as to think that an apology was due. The Young Surveyor; or Jack on the Prairies Also, if there did exist an infinite number of stars, one would expect to find evidence in some direction of an overpoweringly great force,—the centre of gravity of all these bodies. Astronomy of To-day A Popular Introduction in Non-Technical Language The wish to combine the forces of such distant countries in a single invasion made the enterprise, especially when the means of communication of the period were so inadequate, overpoweringly helpless. A History of England Principally in the Seventeenth Century, Volume I (of 6) Of the world below he had now a view that was almost overpoweringly unrestricted; but of the mountain, and his scene of operations, he could see only the stretch directly above him. Kings in Exile On the first voyage of Columbus, he was more fortunate in the uncertain elements which always affect sea voyages so overpoweringly than in some of his later ones. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 5 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History The Sea is indeed at times overpoweringly beautiful. The Beauties of Nature and the Wonders of the World We Live In Perhaps, too, the secret possesses his mind so overpoweringly that it can hardly help coming out. Oedipus King of Thebes Translated into English Rhyming Verse with Explanatory Notes The sleep had done them good, but they were overpoweringly thirsty—so thirsty that the thought of food without drink was nauseating. Captain Jim Of a sudden, however, the atmosphere seemed to be overpoweringly oppressive with the odour of heliotrope. The Stretton Street Affair This avenue, three miles in length, has on either side two rows of limes, and on a hot July midday the fragrance is overpoweringly sweet. The Dukeries She is very pretty, and elegant, and accomplished, and all that sort of thing—but she is so overpoweringly well satisfied with herself that it seems superfluous for anyone to admire her.' Vixen, Volume III. Then leaving Phœbe to pacify Maria about the flowers, she went into her own room, and cried bitterly and overpoweringly. Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster In the first place, instead of being almost overpoweringly friendly with Hester, she scarcely noticed her; in the next place, she made some very peculiar preparations. A World of Girls The Story of a School No turnout could have been simpler and yet none could have looked more overpoweringly smart. Fair Margaret A Portrait It possesses an overpoweringly strong and offensive odour at some periods of the year, which is perceptible at a great distance. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America When she removed her outer wraps it was seen that she was not only young but, in Ore City’s eyes, overpoweringly good-looking. The Man from the Bitter Roots It was the smell of coffee, all right, but a smell that was fiendishly distorted, overpoweringly, nauseatingly magnified. The Coffin Cure Euphorbias, acacias, baobabs, all were in blossom, and the fresh morning air was laden with delicious and almost overpoweringly fragrant perfume. The Pirate Slaver A Story of the West African Coast He therefore let it lie until it became so overpoweringly offensive that the whole building, from foundation to cupola, was filled with the horrible stench. The Story of the Rock It was magnificent weather, with just cloud enough to prevent the sun being overpoweringly hot, and the tract of country over which they passed was surpassingly beautiful. The Fugitives The Tyrant Queen of Madagascar She stood before him, using her small black fan slowly, for the room was overpoweringly hot, and began to chat, assuring him that she had for a long time been desirous of meeting him. The Minister of Evil The Secret History of Rasputin's Betrayal of Russia Therefore neither with shield nor hand can he keep his ground, so overpoweringly from all sides comes upon him the storm of weapons. The Aeneid of Virgil By contrast with the frequenters of Amalfi they all seemed to wear overpoweringly good clothes and perfectly new hats and caps, and their russet shoes were resplendent. Adam Johnstone's Son But it all seemed like part of a dream, and he was too overpoweringly sleepy to be able to rouse and the remembrance of this only came long after. A Rip Van Winkle Of The Kalahari Seven Tales of South-West Africa The history of his past life, as he had related it to her, appealed overpoweringly to all that was womanly and protective in her nature. The Daughters of Danaus The act was so quick, and so overpoweringly violent that the other troopers were for a moment spellbound. Hunted and Harried He was much cleverer than most people thought, young Jimmy Stiles, and he was overpoweringly anxious to help the Lawsons. Every Man for Himself And it is a proof of its honesty that it does not, after all, make California overpoweringly attractive, whether in respect of climate, society, or business. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 102, April, 1866 There was a breathless silence, while each man and woman in that crowded tent was subtly, overpoweringly conscious of a new presence filling the atmosphere around—the presence of Fear! A College Girl She was so intensely, overpoweringly surprised, that, for the moment, all other feelings were in abeyance. The Independence of Claire I could hardly support my own weight; my legs were trembling with the burden; sweat broke out over my whole body; the rays of light beat down upon me fiercely, overpoweringly.... The Infra-Medians When the girl of to-day is not overpoweringly advanced, perhaps she is quite far behind. White Ashes Those things come overpoweringly and take a man, down in places like that—semitropical and lonely and lawless, with long, empty days and moonlit nights. The Best Short Stories of 1915 And the Yearbook of the American Short Story On every hand stretch the orange groves, great splashes of white and green, the scent from which is almost overpoweringly sweet. With Our Army in Palestine You don't know how overpoweringly sensible Christopher is. The Farringdons And as all this flooded in upon him, incoherently but overpoweringly, he turned and laughed loud with joy. By What Authority? There was a deafening noise of voices in the handsome room, which was beginning to be overpoweringly hot in spite of the ever-revolving electric fans. Banzai! by Parabellum But unfortunately the image proved so overpoweringly impressive to the imagination of subsequent times, that its metaphorical import was lost in its physical setting. The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life Althea was dazed; she did not know what the bright object that had come so overpoweringly into her life wanted of her. Franklin Kane Her claims and her character, as she exists at present, may make perhaps appeal overpoweringly to us; but she cannot be judged only by these. Is Life Worth Living? The first appeals to the sentiments overpoweringly, but the second has the head to deal with. Random Reminiscences of Men and Events He came overpoweringly towards Desmond, his arm and stump spread wide as if to embrace him. In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India Maurice took her arm and guided her into the little parlor, where a row of hyacinths on the window sill made the air overpoweringly sweet; he sat down beside her on the sofa. The Vehement Flame In the church the steam-heated atmosphere brought out its fragrance till it was almost overpoweringly sweet, but when she glanced down she saw that it was no longer crisp and glowing. The Little Colonel's Chum: Mary Ware To be a mystery is overpoweringly sweet to any girl and Bessy Bell was being that. The Day of the Beast He is neither particularly rosy nor overpoweringly cheerful. Gladys, the Reaper The Cotton Combine, then, appealed to him overpoweringly—to his passion for wealth, to his passion for gambling. The Quest of the Silver Fleece A Novel I do not know why I should be so overpoweringly reminded of the immortal, if at times impossible, Uncle Pumblechook, when I sit down to write a short preface to Mr. Swinnerton's Nocturne. Nocturne The States-General, in which the influence of Holland and its chief representative, Oldenbarneveldt, was overpoweringly great, upheld the Provincial Estates in the measures they were taking. History of Holland Altogether it was quite a work of art, but almost overpoweringly sweet. A Voyage in the 'Sunbeam' Our Home on the Ocean for Eleven Months The desire for work came upon him again overpoweringly. Vandover and the Brute Shorthouse had made several sketches of the two heads and was beginning to feel overpoweringly weary. The Empty House and Other Ghost Stories He felt, indeed, extremely and overpoweringly unwell, as, with an infinity of trouble, he groped his devious way to the open air, and to the burn that went singing by. Stories of the Border Marches He was laughing, silently and overpoweringly, without a sound.... The Necromancers June had come, a brilliantly fine June, and overpoweringly hot. Kitty Trenire Never in the whole of his life had he longed so overpoweringly to crush a man's throat between his hands. Rosa Mundi and Other Stories To come at the truth by observation about a foreign country is immensely, overpoweringly difficult. New York Times, Current History, Vol 1, Issue 1 From the Beginning to March, 1915 With Index New England, overpoweringly honored, wants no more speakers, done brown by whom, her experience in beans beyond Cicero's. The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell His recollections of the trouble and the dangers through which he had passed with his wife seemed to be overpoweringly painful. Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli, Volume II Well, she is rather a caricature, but there are oddly nice bits about her, if only she weren't so overpoweringly opulent. Penny Plain The same full orchestra, which in those works sounded so overpoweringly imposing seventy years ago, now sounds to us simply powerful. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 08 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes I have seen landscapes so continuously and overpoweringly beautiful that they bored me. As Seen By Me Anything so overpoweringly joyful and delicious and useless as all that must come out of a fulness of joy. Father Payne She would rather have gone to Mrs. Hadden first, who was very kind and old-fashioned, and not so overpoweringly grand. We Girls: a Home Story He seemed to have no overpoweringly high idea of himself, nor of what he had achieved. Abroad with the Jimmies The Catholic of the 16th century was apt to tell you that he could not sit at table with a heretic because the latter carried with him a distinctive and overpoweringly repulsive odour. Peace Theories and the Balkan War For her clear eyes, her smoothly glorious hair, and the pride and courage with which she had faced him remained with him overpoweringly. The Alaskan To listen was an infinite assuagement, one that was overpoweringly sweet, and for some moments she almost forgot. A Mere Accident The sense of splendour in Veronese is overpoweringly pompous. Renaissance in Italy Volume 3 The Fine Arts Columbus was waiting with pathetic patience to be taken for a walk, and overpoweringly hot though it was she had not the heart to keep him any longer. The Obstacle Race The air was close and overpoweringly sweet with perfume—sachet, powder—the scent of a bedroom after a vain and selfish woman has left it. Cheerful—By Request From these and other vents, however, came intermittent puffs, or continuous fillets of smoke, and the air was almost overpoweringly hot and sulphurous. Wanderings by southern waters, eastern Aquitaine So overpoweringly sweet was the thought of springing once more, like the beasts of Circe, from a walrus into a man. The Purple Cloud The very majesty and magnificence of the view make one forget the vaporings of mere man, and the Glory of God, so overpoweringly revealed in those regions of perpetual snow, drives other impressions away. Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 6 Germany, Austria-Hungary and Switzerland, part 2 Relieved of Columbus' weight, she became suddenly and overpoweringly aware of a dwindling of her strength. The Obstacle Race He looked very good-natured and prepossessing, though overpoweringly gay and free, in contrast with the squalid prison. Little Dorrit The day to our astonishment was overpoweringly hot, so that our skins were scorched: with this beautiful weather, the view in the middle of the Beagle Channel was very remarkable. The Voyage of the Beagle It was overpoweringly ridiculous,—we must honestly confess it,—the deportment of the maiden lady while setting her shop in order for the public eye. House of the Seven Gables She had now a way of taking a deep breath when she was interested, that made her seem very strong, somehow, and brought her at one quite overpoweringly. The Song of the Lark This subtle critic, in her overpoweringly tender and enthusiastic review, had already inquired about the capacity of this writer. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, 1995, Memorial Issue What I saw everywhere was on an overpoweringly enormous scale. Freeland A Social Anticipation The most curious fact with respect to this animal, is the overpoweringly strong and offensive odour which proceeds from the buck. The Voyage of the Beagle On the rumor of its conception this work was eagerly bid for among publishers, but as it proved after his death to be immoderately verbose and overpoweringly dull, it never obtained even a private printing. The Beautiful and Damned In summer it is rather warm, but not overpoweringly hot, the thermometer at Pretoria averaging from 65 to 73 degrees, and in the winter from 59 to 56 degrees. Cetywayo and his White Neighbours Remarks on Recent Events in Zululand, Natal, and the Transvaal After all, humanity is perpetually and overpoweringly interested in nothing except humanity. An Algonquin Maiden A Romance of the Early Days of Upper Canada But the orchestra exhibited such an overpoweringly novel and abundant fancy that there was nothing to be done but to sit and listen open-mouthed. Jean-Christophe Journey's End We may be right, but we must be provably, demonstrably and overpoweringly right before we are justified in calling the dissentient a fool. Mankind in the Making The men, of whom there might be several, would be either very clever or overpoweringly noble, because all geniuses and all peers are supposed to like their birds of paradise a little high. The Primadonna There were times when the solitudes were empty; when a new, strange feeling of loneliness swept overpoweringly over him. The Everlasting Whisper Gladys was languid and rather overpoweringly refined, and conversation became forced. The Man Upstairs and Other Stories "It is because I feared that you would be also as overpoweringly fortunate as I am, madame, that I came here," said I, perhaps imprudently; "I wish to see my father." Mysteries of Paris — Volume 02 I can conceive of nothing more overpoweringly terrible to an unsuspecting family of birds than the sudden appearance above their domicile of the head and neck of this arch enemy. Nature's Serial Story At that moment Andrews noticed that the smell of carbolic was overpoweringly strong, that it dominated all the familiar smells of blood and sweaty clothes. Three Soldiers The decorations of the courtyard, of the corridors and stairs, of the two hundred rooms, were bewilderingly varied and overpoweringly gorgeous. The Unwilling Vestal He did not give a name to them, but they were so overpoweringly prominent that she knew what he meant. Her Weight in Gold Prince Conti came to the Embassy as soon as he arrived, and met Malipieri, to whom he was overpoweringly cordial in his weak way. The Heart of Rome But if such bending were injurious, the tendency would be eliminated unless it was overpoweringly strong; for we know how commonly all characters in all organisms vary. The Power of Movement in Plants The ingenuity of man could not have devised a stranger, a more enticing, a more overpoweringly fatal situation. The Rainbow Trail I never before felt so overpoweringly my own insignificance, and the boundless might and majesty of the Eternal. Roughing It in the Bush It was past midnight and I felt overpoweringly tired. Margot Asquith, an Autobiography - Two Volumes in One The prospect of a situation of fifty or sixty pounds a year is something overpoweringly delightful to me. Mr. Hogarth's Will Of her own individual work there was only one specimen extant—an article on the "Enfranchisement of women," included in Mill's collected essays—very good, certainly, but not so overpoweringly excellent as I expected. An Autobiography And she had never seen her mother so wildly, overpoweringly happy with joy. Nuttie's Father Ethel flew into the hall, where she stopped short, her heart beating high at the sound of overpoweringly familiar accents. The Daisy chain, or Aspirations It is only seventy miles from the equator, but it is neither unhealthy nor overpoweringly hot! The Golden Chersonese and the Way Thither Upon the kitchen stove a large pot of pig's food was boiling, and the steam and smell from the pot made the atmosphere of the room overpoweringly fetid. The Man from Glengarry; a tale of the Ottawa Next I began to figure out his reason for not relinquishing his seat to a lady when he evidently felt strongly, but not overpoweringly, impelled to do so. Sixes and Sevens Jeffrey, indeed, never goes to bed till sleep comes on him overpoweringly, and never rises till forced up by business or hunger. Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay Volume 1 The whole of the past rushed back on him so overpoweringly that he was for the moment unnerved. The Man The residue is like a distillation of animal tissue, grey and dark, with an overpoweringly fetid odour. The Silent Bullet With the third bottle, he becomes overpoweringly great on the wrongs of Ireland, and at that period generally volunteers a couple or more of Irish melodies, selecting the most melancholy in the collection. Men's Wives It was refined and optimistic; it was overpoweringly calm; it flowed on relentlessly, without one comma, till Babbitt was hypnotized. Babbitt It seemed to me that what he had said was overpoweringly true, not only of contemporary life, but of all possible human life. The New Machiavelli |
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