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

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

He did not look away yet, but Clare saw the blush of shame in his face, and felt that his power diminished, while hers grew all at once, to overmaster him in turn.

From Adam Johnstone's Son by Crawford, F. Marion (Francis Marion)

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

From Out of a Labyrinth by Lynch, Lawrence L.

He felt once more as if his fury would overmaster him.

From The Undying Past by Sudermann, Hermann