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
His sympathies were strongly with the South, but not so strongly as to overmaster his desire to retain his commission and its emoluments.
From The Struggle for Missouri by John McElroy
It had begun so delicately; it became in a little while so determined, it threatened to overmaster him.
From The Wave An Egyptian Aftermath by Algernon Blackwood
He did not look away yet, but Clare saw the blush of shame in his face, and felt that his power diminished, while hers grew all at once, to overmaster him in turn.
From Adam Johnstone's Son by F. Marion (Francis Marion) Crawford
As I came out of it a voice seemed constantly saying, "You are getting worse; your paroxysms are growing longer and deeper; they will overmaster you; you will die."
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. XVI., December, 1880. by Various
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