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
Thus to that extent Eustace Milne, the cool-headed, the philosophic, had allowed the impulse of his mad passion to overmaster him.
From 'Tween Snow and Fire A Tale of the Last Kafir War by Mitford, Bertram
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
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 Warner, Susan
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
