Email bankruptcy is a term used to explain a decision to delete all emails older than a certain date, due to an overwhelming volume of messages.

But she had not realized that the operation did not have the capacity to handle the overwhelming volume of orders.

Most of their mail servers were incapacitated by an overwhelming volume of mail.

Chase's head swiveled about, astonished by the size, the beauty, the sheer overwhelming volume of polished stone about them.

Unable to handle the overwhelming volume of calls, he sought to sell the number on eBay in February 2009.

Spock was so distracted by weariness and the overwhelming volume of facts the library computer was sending that he almost missed the clue.

EMS chiefs experienced difficulties communicating via their radios, due to the overwhelming volume of radio traffic.

Today, the overwhelming volume of road freight transport is a typical example of practices which are incoherent, unsafe and dirty.

The sign over the counter states the shop's policy clearly: "Due to overwhelming volume there will be NO on-the-spot sewing."

"It is driven by overwhelming volume and the need for more resources," he said.