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 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

Sooner or later their lies outwit them and overmaster them, for whenever people believe a liar he is forced to act as if he had spoken the truth.

From The Flight of Pony Baker A Boy's Town Story by Howells, William Dean

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

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.