Their activities generally overwhelm the world's ability to sustain them, and they eventually drain the world entirely.

The measures overwhelmed the laboratories and health system's ability to investigate the epidemic.

These suggest the potential for widespread, rapid events that might overwhelm the biological community's ability to digest it.

While doing so, other teams would attempt to fire at the target in order to overwhelm the Russians' ability to effectively counter the attack.

There is great irony in those words from Pettitte, whose motivation and effort seem to overwhelm his ability.

However, as food supply begins to overwhelm the predator's ability to consume and process it, consumption levels off.

"You just overwhelm our ability to praise with a superfluity of talent!"

Stress becomes bad when it overwhelms your ability to act.

Oh, of course there were days when the stress and problems threatened to overwhelm her ability to cope, but somehow she managed.

Too many negative events can overwhelm a person's ability to cope.