How to Use overbearing in a Sentence

overbearing

adjective
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  • He had to deal with his overbearing mother.
  • Her husband's overbearing manner made her miserable.
  • The sun was out, the grass was green and the heat not yet overbearing.
    — José M. Romero, The Arizona Republic, 26 Apr. 2023
  • Quincy Jones’s swelling score feels overbearing and wrong for the tale.
    — Alissa Wilkinson, New York Times, 19 Dec. 2023
  • Who needs an overbearing mirror when the space is this stylish?
    — Rachel Silva, ELLE Decor, 11 May 2023
  • The overbearing and frankly rude Gemma is found stabbed to death in Kate's bedroom.
    — Amy MacKelden, ELLE, 12 Mar. 2023
  • It’s like an overbearing father telling you that this is all for your own sake.
    — Lyric Li, Washington Post, 15 June 2022
  • Hemsworth begins the film as an overbearing, pompous Thor.
    — Sam MacHkovech, Ars Technica, 7 July 2022
  • The gourmand edge kicks in and settles into a musk that's not too overbearing.
    — ELLE, 1 Aug. 2023
  • Sure, Yara is being a little overbearing, but this is her first child!
    — Ashley Ray-Harris, Vulture, 17 May 2021
  • The overbearing Polyphemus was done up in ragtag black.
    — Scott Cantrell, Dallas News, 27 Mar. 2022
  • On screen and on stage, she’s been a psychic, an overbearing mother, a nun, a best friend, a talk show host, a sitcom star, and a nurse, to name just a small few.
    — Rachaell Davis, Essence, 16 Apr. 2021
  • In our tests, this machine made espresso that was strong with a crema that wasn't overbearing.
    — Nicole Papantoniou, Good Housekeeping, 24 June 2022
  • The bass is also deep, though not overbearing, and vocals are crystal-clear.
    — Ryan Waniata, Popular Mechanics, 22 Apr. 2023
  • Dovlet Nurgeldiyev was a rather overbearing Lensky, his powerful tenor with a dash of vinegar.
    — Scott Cantrell, Dallas News, 11 Aug. 2021
  • How can mere sheets of plexiglass turn fierce and overbearing?
    — Brian T. Allen, National Review, 10 Mar. 2022
  • If that sounds like the origin story of a Disney kid with an overbearing momager, think again.
    — Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 29 Mar. 2023
  • The raisins were more prominent than with the Mariano’s bread, but not overbearing.
    — Ariel Cheung, chicagotribune.com, 11 Mar. 2022
  • The control panel has sleek minimal buttons and a clock that's easy to read but not overbearing.
    — Nicole Papantoniou, Good Housekeeping, 27 Apr. 2022
  • The dominant, not to say overbearing, hue of her existence is pink.
    — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 20 July 2023
  • The result is a filet that's moist inside with a thin, slightly crispy outer coating that isn't overbearing.
    — Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel, 31 July 2022
  • The sulfate-free formula doesn’t leave your face feeling dry, and there’s no overbearing scent.
    — Danny Perez, Popular Mechanics, 15 Feb. 2023
  • Its elegant and simple design is not overbearing, Levy says, and would go well with any space.
    — Zoë Hannah, Popular Mechanics, 20 Jan. 2023
  • Meanwhile, Ariel Marx’s menacing, strings-centric score amps up Danielle’s off-the-charts angst and proves equal parts funny and overbearing.
    — Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2021
  • The packages come with a generous amount of cookies and enough crème filling in each treat to be delicious and not overbearing.
    — Nicholas Rice, PEOPLE.com, 28 Feb. 2022
  • Council members rejected the idea that the rules were overbearing.
    — Emily Alpert Reyes Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2021
  • The result is cabinets that feel precisely right against the gingham, but are just a hair brighter and lighter, which keeps the very blue look from being dark or overbearing.
    — Amanda Sims Clifford, House Beautiful, 13 July 2021
  • Dern played the at-times overbearing and ultra-mama bear Renata Klein.
    — Julia Moore, Peoplemag, 12 Nov. 2023
  • The Midnight Gray colorway is a bit overbearing and the lighter Pearl Gray would probably blend in better with most décor.
    — Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 14 Nov. 2021
  • If that were to prevail, the real threat to the metaverse will not come from the overbearing Zuckerverse—but from Zuckerberg’s lame Suckerverse.
    — Amit Katwala, Wired, 4 Aug. 2021

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