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The weight of some mysterious circumstances had descended upon Antonio, overwhelming, as it seemed to me, the pleasure that he had found in this reunion.— The Best Short Stories of 1920 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story
Sad and almost overwhelming was the account which was brought us.— My First Voyage to Southern Seas
Strange and almost overwhelming were the feelings we experienced What is to be done, sir?"— My First Voyage to Southern Seas
Oh! the idea was too overwhelming, and I hastened to give vent to my feelings to my friends at Geuklű, who perhaps might afford me some consolation.— The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan
It merely becomes a question of brute force--overwhelming force.— Villa Elsa A Story of German Family Life

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