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
For a little while he could not trust himself to speak; his love threatened to overmaster his self-renunciation.
From Sister Dolorosa and Posthumous Fame by James Lane Allen
The glory of the Indian summer is wholly ethereal; it belongs to the light and the air; and is a striking image and eloquent testimony of how far spirit can overmaster matter.
From A Red Wallflower by Susan Warner
This was the foe—the stealthy-footed demon, that had at last come to overmaster the brave and noble Angus Rothesay.
From Olive A Novel by G. Bowers
I was unreasonably angry with Neville that day, but I never guessed that my passion would overmaster me to that extent.
From Our Bessie by Rosa Nouchette Carey
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