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
He felt once more as if his fury would overmaster him.
From The Undying Past by Hermann Sudermann
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
A common language and a common religion overmaster political differences, and the English and American dead are laid side by side to rest until the judgment.
From Mexico and its Religion With Incidents of Travel in That Country During Parts of the Years 1851-52-53-54, and Historical Notices of Events Connected With Places Visited by Robert A. Wilson
