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 there was another thing: however much he might overmaster Nature sufficiently to be able to proceed without rest, the horse could not do so.

From In the Day of Adversity by Bloundelle-Burton, John

And how shall you, a single man, overmaster him?

From Tales of Wonder Every Child Should Know by Wiggin, Kate Douglas Smith

The necessity of recovering it cooled for the moment the passion which had threatened to overmaster him.

From Stories by American Authors, Volume 10 by Various

So much the preference of contrivance to labor overmaster the mastering desire to become rich.

From The Growth of Thought As Affecting the Progress of Society by Withington, William