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 heard thee declare that Ben Jonson had no words to say how fair she was: would you better his description and overmaster him?

From Judith Shakespeare Her love affairs and other adventures by Black, William

She was, however, not one of those who fold their hands and let circumstances overmaster them.

From The King's Warrant A Story of Old and New France by Engelbach, Alfred H.

Her form was shaken with emotion so strong as to almost overmaster her.

From Out of a Labyrinth by Lynch, Lawrence L.

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 Bowers, G.