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
Her form was shaken with emotion so strong as to almost overmaster her.
From Out of a Labyrinth by Lawrence L. Lynch
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 Emma Marshall
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
Only thus should Truth be followed, with an interest great enough to overmaster all fears as to whither she may lead and what she may disclose.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 2, No. 14, December 1858 by Various
