Literary notes about Overpower (AI summary)
The term "overpower" is employed in a wide array of literary contexts, conveying both concrete and abstract forms of domination. Authors use it to depict physical subjugation and military might—whether it’s the calculated defeat of adversaries in battle or the seizing of control during tense confrontations [1][2][3]—while also applying it to internal struggles where intense emotions or external forces overwhelm the mind or spirit [4][5][6]. In other cases, "overpower" takes on a more metaphorical meaning, describing how a sublime aesthetic or persuasive language can eclipse conventional thought and transform perceptions [7][8][9]. This versatility in usage highlights the dynamic interplay between strength and vulnerability across different genres and narratives [10][11].
- He first musters his facts in battalions, and charges upon the enemy to crush and overpower without mercy.
— from English Literature by William J. Long - There were still nearly twenty men below, enough to overpower us and to release their countrymen, so it was necessary to be as cautious as at first.
— from Marmaduke Merry: A Tale of Naval Adventures in Bygone Days by William Henry Giles Kingston - The plan of the conspirators had been to shoot down the horses and overpower the escort.
— from The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale by Joseph Conrad - To deal candidly, I must own, that this intelligence roused me from a lethargy of grief which had begun to overpower my faculties.
— from The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom — Complete by T. Smollett - His holy action seemed to overpower her.
— from Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen by H. C. Andersen - Imagine yourself a woman—a creature in whom the feelings overpower the judgment.
— from Put Yourself in His Place by Charles Reade - "It don't look anything if there is light to overpower its own brilliancy.
— from Molly Bawn by Duchess - The group of strings is the most transparent medium and the one least likely to overpower the voice.
— from The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America by Thomas Jefferson - The paintings, selected by the taste of Dalton, to overpower the darkness of the rooms by intensity of color, were incorporated with the walls.
— from The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 09, July, 1858 A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics by Various - (The love of the sexes also belongs to this category, it will overpower something, possess it utterly, and it looks like self-abnegation.
— from The Will to Power: An Attempted Transvaluation of All Values. Book III and IV by Nietzsche - The strong air of the coast had not braced her into vigorous life, but seemed to overpower the feeble life that pulsated in her veins.
— from John Herring: A West of England Romance. Volume 3 (of 3) by S. (Sabine) Baring-Gould
