How to pronounce overwhelming

Listen to overwhelming in real sentences, spoken by real people, in the original YouTube videos. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.

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“overwhelming” in real sentences

944 clips in the index · 293 American · 651 British. Clips come from parliamentary and government channels under open licences.

  1. the overwhelming benefit.

    CDC · watch from 111:12 · hear it here

  2. Their helplessness was overwhelming.

    The Scottish Parliament · watch from 245:27 · hear it here

  3. That can be overwhelming.

    Census Bureau · watch from 18:36 · hear it here

  4. feels a little bit overwhelming.

    UK Parliament · watch from 32:06 · hear it here

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