He felt an almost overpowering need to smash things.

She'd felt an overpowering need to get away, to be her own woman, free from the pressures of all those who expected things from her.

They may be an extreme worry about getting contaminated, a dread of illness, or an overpowering need to do things perfectly.

He pulled her into his arms, fighting the overpowering need to take her quickly, urgently.

She felt the overpowering need to talk to someone.

It had become an overpowering need to hear a human voice just for the sake of hearing it.

But she also felt an overpowering need to break away, to hold herself apart and maintain her own identity.

Perpetrators are generally women experiencing an exaggerated and overpowering need for a baby.

He should leave, but the need, the overpowering need, anchored him.