Collocations for overwhelming - adj.

be, seem
become

completely, quite
almost
The urge to look was almost overwhelming.

a little, pretty (esp. AmE)
All these new experiences were a little overwhelming.

apparently, seemingly
seemingly overwhelming obstacles

Overwhelming is used with these nouns:
advantage, approval, bulk, consensus, defeat, desire, dominance, emotion, endorsement, evidence, favourite, fear, feeling, force, grief, guilt, importance, impression, influence, joy, longing, love, majority, margin, need, number, odds, percentage, popularity, presence, proportion, relief, sadness, sensation, sense, stench, success, superiority, support, temptation, tiredness, urge, victory, vote