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OVERWHELM

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overwhelm verb tranzitiv

a copleşi (şi fig.);

overwhelmed by kindness copleşit de amabilitate.

 Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze: 

Then she was overwhelmed with fear at the thought of what she had done.

(Fairy Tales, de The Brothers Grimm)

James was so overwhelmed with grief and agitation that my suspicions, which had never been entirely absent, rose instantly to a certainty, and I taxed him with the deed.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

In an instant the poor dear fellow was overwhelmed with grief.

(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)

I am overwhelmed, crushed.

(Martin Eden, de Jack London)

The spell by which I had been so far supported began to dissolve; reaction took place, and soon, so overwhelming was the grief that seized me, I sank prostrate with my face to the ground.

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)

My words overwhelmed him.

(Rodney Stone, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I was overwhelmed by the honour and attempted, when he entered, to say so, but he plunged at once into business with the air of a man who wishes to hurry quickly through a disagreeable task.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Peggotty was glad to get it for him, and he overwhelmed her with thanks, and went his way up Tottenham Court Road, carrying the flower-pot affectionately in his arms, with one of the most delighted expressions of countenance I ever saw.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

He had actually arrived at twelve o’clock, and appeared to be overwhelmed by the unexpected tragedy.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

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