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    Use "overbearing" in a sentence

    overbearing example sentences

    overbearing


    1. It's true he's overbearing, but I don't think he would hurt you


    2. Her great-aunt watched over her throughout the afternoon, revealing snippets of family history, and sketching pictures from her own life story, all of which seemed to consist of too many broken hearts and broken heads, until, with the football results due in and Leonard Cohen starting to become a little bit overbearing, she turned to her young relative and asked, “Do you want to stay for dinner? There’s a DVD I want to watch and we could phone out for a curry”


    3. Where weakness-sponsorships are exploited through overbearing of


    4. “You aren’t going to feel Jorma is overbearing on you any more are you?” Venna was asking Ava as he opened the door


    5. What amazes Billy is that she knows she is a star pupil but has never allowed herself to become pompous or overbearing


    6. They seldom said much around James because he had become so overbearing and obnoxious when we mentioned Jesus" name


    7. She didn’t even mind Janice’s overbearing attitude! After all, she had introduced her to Jeff


    8. He was overbearing with his melodramatics; bringing the knife, wanting to paint the flat and arguing with her


    9. My question therefore is: Are we getting close once again? Are we, as American citizens, subjects to a sovereign, truly represented by our Representatives in Congress, and the overbearing Chief Executive? I think not


    10. An exemplary environment, however, should never be (overly) excessive or overbearing that it discourages creative thought or initiative

    11. (evolutionary) mission; overbearing in the manner it assumes a (uniquely) higher moral authority predicated on vague, oftentimes mistaken (historical) assumptions (improperly) formed by modern ideology


    12. The letter said that he had done his best to settle down in the 'Sunshine Rest' Residential Home for the Elderly Person, but had found Ms Hardarm and her overbearing ways insufferable


    13. The room was overbearing, it’s dank smell filling his nostrils


    14. His health began to deteriorate rapidly when wellintentioned but overbearing regulations were set in place


    15. what happens after their role?In a caretaker role, soft-spoken college became overbearing,


    16. These “educrats” know better than anyone else, though they would never admit it, that most of the massive school bureaucracy is not merely useless, but an overbearing impediment to good education


    17. in the structured, intrusive, and overbearing government


    18. He could be a mean, angry, overbearing God who gets a thrill out of


    19. “So I’m not allowed to worry about you but you can be overprotective and overbearing?” she asked and I chuckled


    20. Demonstrate a genuine interest in the business, but try not to come across as pushy or overbearing

    21. to be stuck-up and overbearing


    22. her mother’s overbearing paranoia about Joseph’s safety


    23. Most would have called me overbearing or paranoid, but how would you feel if you were certain that your mother-in-law was trying to keep your child from you?


    24. Although I respected her awesome abilities and was quite willing to work with her on spiritual matters, I couldn’t stop myself from resenting her overbearing personality


    25. In their ears the roar of the strange storm of fire, and on their flesh the almost overbearing heat


    26. only heavier by overbearing parents who never seemed to be satisfied, even though my crèche


    27. But all you’ll accept is a glass of water, the rest you wave away with your left hand and Andy’s overbearing muscle


    28. Sometimes this transit shows a demanding or overbearing boss


    29. true to her profession and without being overbearing, held the


    30. The excitement was overbearing!

    31. On her part, Farah Qalibaf had done her honest best not to be too intrusive or overbearing


    32. “She’s all right,” Lady Jane discounted her husband’s comments as overbearing


    33. In the meantime, the two overbearing body guards decided to test the waves with elongated surfboards of their own


    34. overbearing at times and tugged at his subconscious as it did each and


    35. overbearing, perhaps as a result of the number of informal tourists


    36. government official's dirty regulations and overbearing taxes


    37. “How absolutely overbearing and


    38. I hope you don’t think I’m being overbearing


    39. I know that my mother has been overbearing, but if she’s in


    40. The overbearing snide attitude wasn’t in attendance today, as he thanked the officers for coming and insisted upon them partaking in light refreshments which had always been part of Sir Alex Clegg’s routine in the event of visitors

    41. Bernard as an overbearing, highly protective father—if you will—who


    42. Your domineering overbearing inter


    43. overbearing know all so you damage the potential relationship / friendship that you might have had with them


    44. Everything that was occurring in the world was routinely put on his desk daily, and the past few days had been overbearing


    45. first, but soon the voices in my head grew to an overbearing noise and I sank to my knees with its


    46. He always complained about her being too overbearing


    47. Sustaining her eerie, steady and overbearing gaze the clerk’s stare blared at Ben instantly sending a shiver of anxiety down his spine


    48. tales were told of the overbearing ways and cruel acts of the


    49. Li Tianming coldly said, “Maiden you have been overbearing in the


    50. He hadn�t dedicated forty years of his life to end up babysitting freighters, or to cater to the whims of some overbearing diplomat









































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    Synonyms for "overbearing"

    authoritarian dictatorial overbearing disdainful haughty imperious lordly prideful sniffy supercilious swaggering despotic domineering oppressive absolute autocratic tyrannical proud insolent egotistic

    "overbearing" definitions

    expecting unquestioning obedience


    having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy