overwhelmed by
Examples
Rome has grown since its humble beginnings that it is now overwhelmed by its own greatness.
I drank to drown my pain, but the damned pain learned how to swim, and now I am overwhelmed by this decent and good behavior.
One must not let oneself be overwhelmed by sadness.
The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. To be your own man is a hard business. If you try it, you'll be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself.
To look at the paper is to raise a seashell to one's ear and to be overwhelmed by the roar of humanity.
Sound character provides the power with which a person may ride the emergencies of life instead of being overwhelmed by them. Failure is... the highway to success.