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
The men, however, again seized him, and told him his ringing would be of no use, as there were fellows inside who could overmaster any effort of his.
From Recollections of Old Liverpool by A Nonagenarian
His heart beat nervously, the task before him seemed to overmaster him, and he shrank from it; with one hand he felt Jack’s letter, lying like an asp in his breast coat pocket.
From Only One Love, or Who Was the Heir by Charles Garvice
Let my fate, too, be a warning to young creatures like myself, never to suffer their affection for any object to overmaster their sense and their reason.
From Jane Sinclair; Or, The Fawn Of Springvale The Works of William Carleton, Volume Two by William Carleton
Scoundrels dictate laws to the Convention, which they overmaster.
From The Sword of Honor, volumes 1 & 2 or The Foundation of the French Republic, A Tale of The French Revolution by Eug?ne Sue
