overmaster
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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 was unreasonably angry with Neville that day, but I never guessed that my passion would overmaster me to that extent.
From Our Bessie by Rosa Nouchette Carey
Once more that unaccountable feeling of irritation seemed to overmaster her, the same sense of wrath and of injustice which had assailed her when she first spoke to him.
From Petticoat Rule by Emmuska Orczy, Baroness Orczy
And there was another thing: however much he might overmaster Nature sufficiently to be able to proceed without rest, the horse could not do so.
From In the Day of Adversity by John Bloundelle-Burton
"Still," said Carrie, with a little sigh, "he held fast to his optimism and worked, while I let the gloom of it overmaster me."
From By Right of Purchase by Harold Bindloss
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