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 men, however, again seized him, and told him his ringing would be of no use, as there were fellows inside who could overmaster any effort of his. 

From Recollections of Old Liverpool by Nonagenarian, A

And how shall you, a single man, overmaster him?

From Tales of Wonder Every Child Should Know by Wiggin, Kate Douglas Smith

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

From Out of a Labyrinth by Lynch, Lawrence L.

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.