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

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 issue he confronted, stripped of all its distractions, was simply whether his love were potent enough to overmaster his pride and bring it to its knees.

From The Wall Between by Bassett, Sara Ware

Often these are united in the same individual; or, rather, the individual appears in the first rôle, until the second comes to overmaster it.

From The Preacher of Cedar Mountain A Tale of the Open Country by Seton, Ernest Thompson

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