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
For a moment I felt the anger at his treachery almost overmaster me.
From John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn by Neil Munro
This was the foe—the stealthy-footed demon, that had at last come to overmaster the brave and noble Angus Rothesay.
From Olive A Novel by G. Bowers
"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
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 George Chetwynd Griffith
