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

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 Carey, Rosa Nouchette

It had begun so delicately; it became in a little while so determined, it threatened to overmaster him.

From The Wave An Egyptian Aftermath by Blackwood, Algernon

The backward drag rapidly decreased as the pull of Saturn and his system began to overmaster that of Jupiter.

From A Honeymoon in Space by Griffith, George Chetwynd

For a moment I felt the anger at his treachery almost overmaster me.

From John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn by Munro, Neil