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
The necessity of recovering it cooled for the moment the passion which had threatened to overmaster him.
From Stories by American Authors, Volume 10 by Various
For a little while he could not trust himself to speak; his love threatened to overmaster his self-renunciation.
From Sister Dolorosa and Posthumous Fame by James Lane Allen
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 Florence L. (Florence Louisa) Barclay
Her form was shaken with emotion so strong as to almost overmaster her.
From Out of a Labyrinth by Lawrence L. Lynch
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