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
A common language and a common religion overmaster political differences, and the English and American dead are laid side by side to rest until the judgment.
From Mexico and its Religion With Incidents of Travel in That Country During Parts of the Years 1851-52-53-54, and Historical Notices of Events Connected With Places Visited by Wilson, Robert A.
"Still," said Carrie, with a little sigh, "he held fast to his optimism and worked, while I let the gloom of it overmaster me."
From By Right of Purchase by Bindloss, Harold
Well," she said, "yet this is best; and of this I am sure, that, however they wrong me, they cannot overmaster God.
From Penshurst Castle In the Days of Sir Philip Sidney by Marshall, Emma
Her form was shaken with emotion so strong as to almost overmaster her.
From Out of a Labyrinth by Lynch, Lawrence L.
