Collocations for overwhelm - verb

absolutely, completely, totally
quite, rather
almost, nearly
suddenly

threaten to
Deal with stress fast whenever it threatens to overwhelm you.

with
The children pressed around him eagerly, overwhelming him with questions.

overwhelmed by sth
We were totally overwhelmed by the response to our appeal.

absolutely overwhelmed, completely overwhelmed, totally overwhelmed
She felt completely overwhelmed.

a bit overwhelmed, a little overwhelmed
almost overwhelmed, nearly overwhelmed

Overwhelm is used with these nouns as the subject:
beauty, guilt, pain, sadness, sensation

Overwhelm is used with these nouns as the object:
defence