overmaster

Example Sentences

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It was a welcome reminder that even in the rankly toxic House of Representatives, sometimes the personal transcends the ideological and that civility and empathy can overmaster appearances.

From Slate • Jan. 25, 2012

I heard thee declare that Ben Jonson had no words to say how fair she was: would you better his description and overmaster him?

From Judith Shakespeare Her love affairs and other adventures by Black, William

His great strength must have some outlet, lest it should overmaster the gentleness of his love.

From The White Ladies of Worcester A Romance of the Twelfth Century by Barclay, Florence L. (Florence Louisa)

The backward drag rapidly decreased as the pull of Saturn and his system began to overmaster that of Jupiter.

From A Honeymoon in Space by Griffith, George Chetwynd

And how shall you, a single man, overmaster him?

From Tales of Wonder Every Child Should Know by Wiggin, Kate Douglas Smith