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

Illusions which, though now in some measure dispelled, were long powerful enough to overmaster the mind of every politician, both speculative and practical, in Europe.

From Readings in Money and Banking Selected and Adapted by Phillips, Chester Arthur

She was, however, not one of those who fold their hands and let circumstances overmaster them.

From The King's Warrant A Story of Old and New France by Engelbach, Alfred H.

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 Carey, Rosa Nouchette

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 Bowers, G.