1.   The system is overwhelmed by too many retirees and not enough younger workers to pay for their benefits.

2.   If there is no deletion mechanism, a system may be overwhelmed by the volume of messages travelling through it.

3.   And now, as then, the majority runs the risk of creating a piece of legislation so big and so complicated that it simply overwhelms the system.

4.   Even in Chicago, the model city on this issue, a no-pass plan was phased in slowly to keep from overwhelming the system.

5.   Experts also warn that too many tips could overwhelm the system.

6.   Fire experts also acknowledge that sprinklers often do not work well in fires where an explosion overwhelms the system.

7.   If even a small fraction of those children were removed from the rolls and wound up in state custody, the already stumbling foster care system could be overwhelmed.

8.   On this night his voice seemed almost to overwhelm the system.

9.   Online trading services were totally blocked up and Internet quote services were hours behind as trading volume completely overwhelmed the systems.

10.   Opponents warn that the influx of thousands of new residents will snarl traffic, congest subways and overwhelm sewage systems.