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
And how shall you, a single man, overmaster him?
From Tales of Wonder Every Child Should Know by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin
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
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 Chester Arthur Phillips
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
