Regular arborvitae, by contrast, can get much, much taller, overpowering your house or nearby shrubs.
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Too many electric lights eradicate a sense of being outside, overpowering stars and fireflies.
It's not a love of domination that makes people violent, but an overpowering need for safety.
Canada is constantly struggling to differentiate itself from its overpowering neighbour, the United States.
Sometimes a faint voice based on instinct resonates far more strongly than overpowering logic.
Many times he could have succumbed to the overpowering influences on him and made the choice not to choose.
But the intense, nearly overpowering culture of consumerism at Disneyland still amazed me.
And on the hot desert wind came the overpowering scent of everything I remembered from my life in Russia.
She adds that another major fauxpas in meeting people is an overpowering scent.
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Sometimes the strain has been overpowering to a degree that I wondered where and when I would find relief.
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The emotional charge it delivers, the overpowering evidence of destruction it represents, the heart of the Libeskind concept, is compromised.
The broadcasts had to be strong enough to be heard 200 feet away, but not so overpowering as to drain battery life.
Senior Nairobi police officer Moses Ombati told the BBC the patients had staged a protest on Sunday, before overpowering guards and escaping.
One is that Google is an overpowering monster and that it is right and just that its competitors are protected from it.
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Sometimes the smell was so overpowering the inspectors had to stop and leave the room for fresh air before resuming their grim task.
The American faces a rematch of her Wimbledon semifinal against world No. 1 Victoria Azarenka after overpowering eighth seed Caroline Wozniacki 6-0 6-3.
Besides being overpowering at times, Blyleven was also extremely durable, ranking 10th in starts and 14th in innings pitched during his 22 seasons.
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Compelled in those moments to comply with the overpowering messages and urges your brain is sending you, you give in a check once again.
But the lower butterfat is the most important thing: absent the overpowering fat, the flavors of ingredients really shine through, especially with fruits and nuts.
Strasburg, expected to be the Nationals' opening day starter, already has an overpowering fastball, a wicked curve and a changeup that just doesn't seem fair.
The aim is to give the body a head start in fending the virus off to stop it overpowering the immune system and taking hold.
Zhu has a Rolodex memory, endless energy and an overpowering impatience.
But I don't have that overpowering length, so I just try to par the course to death and hopefully throw in a few birdies here and there.
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Looking like his overpowering self of old, Rivera retired Dan Uggla on a popup to second, then threw called third strikes past Juan Francisco and Chris Johnson.
At the time, I was driven by an overpowering sense that digital technology would put video making in the hands of citizens, turning news distribution on its head.
With almost overpowering intensity, the song does exactly the same.
It seemed to explode all round the ship with an overpowering concussion and a rush of great waters, as if an immense dam had been blown up to windward.
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In January, people who wanted William Ginsburg to appear on their shows or in their stories demonstrated little interest in whether his overpowering accessibility was really serving his client's needs.
It seemed to him that a devastating presence had burst into the cave where he was sleeping and gripped him in an overpowering embrace, squeezing all the breath from his body.
The majority of the pieces incorporate the best qualities of fine Italian design, such as big, bold statements with a refinement in design and technique that attracts attention without being overpowering.
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