Which preposition to use with overwhelming

with Occurrences 169%

Here Carlos appears, dressed as the Sultan, with much pomp, and Francisco, overwhelmed with terror, speedily relinquishes Julia to his captor.

in Occurrences 10%

As our army had approached through the wilderness, the Indians who lurked upon our flanks had carried greatly exaggerated stories of our strength to Fort Duquesne, and M. de Contrecoeur prepared to surrender on terms of honorable capitulation, deeming it mere madness to oppose a force so overwhelming in strength and so well disciplined.

in Occurrences 9%

We moved slowly on, as people naturally would who were about to be overwhelmed in a calamity that threatened their annihilation, while an indefinable sensation of sleepiness and inertia seized the whole of the party.

as Occurrences 5%

Not at allthe notion was sublime; almost as sublime as his shadowalmost as overwhelming as his person.

by Occurrences 5%

Kaviak, with streaming eyes and quivering lips, reluctantly handed it over, and watched Mac anxiously till overwhelmed by a yet greater misfortune in the shape of a bath for himself.

to Occurrences 4%

Nor should we expect to find them; for so delicate and so sensitive is the structure of this organ, that a very slight injury here goes a great way,a disturbance may be overwhelming to the brain that would be only a trifle to some of the less delicate organs.

by Occurrences 2%

The wary mother knew too well the effects of concentrated force to listen to the suggestion: dancing might do for every manager, but she prided herself in acting en masse, like Napoleon, whose tactics consisted in overwhelming by uniting his forces on a given point.

beneath Occurrences 2%

Never before has anything equal to this been seen; never before has an army been overwhelmed beneath such a downpour of lead and iron!

of Occurrences 2%

Meanwhile Mahomet had summoned all the matchless energy of which he was capable, and set on foot preparations for the overwhelming of Mecca.

under Occurrences 2%

Mankind might be overwhelmed under the onslaught of the more fertile fishes, and the cod might maintain immense fleets, creating, besides, colonies and cities.

within Occurrences 2%

I endeavoured to show the reason there was to say this; but surely there was never any dispensation of Providence in which I found it so hard, for my very soul had been overwhelmed within me.

at Occurrences 1%

"You are referring to the submarines, Toni, to the little submarines that were in existence at the beginning of the warlittle grasshoppers of fragile steel that moved with great difficulty when on a level with the water and might be overwhelmed at the slightest shock....

than Occurrences 1%

Such fatigue is far more overwhelming than any mere physical exhaustion.

for Occurrences 1%

And no wonder that he shrank back from the prospect, overwhelmed for the moment with consternation and despair,not the prospect of death, but of a degradation far worse to the proud spirit of the Kentucky gentleman, on whose good name even political hatred had never been able to fix a stain.

as Occurrences 1%

And indeed it was a long time before I understood his meaning; which was, that it must be a large boat, as big as two canoes, able to bear with the waves, and not so liable to be overwhelmed as a small one must be.

near Occurrences 1%

The latter, indeed, he did not overtake; for Oroeses, after the repulse by Celer, had fled on being informed of the failures of the rest; many of the Albanians, however, he overwhelmed near the crossing of the Cyrnus and killed.

between Occurrences 1%

I felt as if I myself must expire; my heart was overwhelmed between grief, love, and horror; my mind was half wandering, my hands and feet burning with a feverish heat; each vein, nerve, and limb was racked with inexpressible pain; I saw nothing distinctly, excepting my beloved Spouse hanging on the cross.

at Occurrences 1%

Things that happen in the night always seem exaggerated and distorted when the sun shines brightly next morning; no one can reconstruct the terror of a nightmare afterwards, nor comprehend why it seemed so overwhelming at the time.

between Occurrences 1%

The heat is overwhelming between the Tuileries and the Hôtel de Villethat is, over the space of about a mile.

Which preposition to use with  overwhelming