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
His sympathies were strongly with the South, but not so strongly as to overmaster his desire to retain his commission and its emoluments.
From The Struggle for Missouri by John McElroy
A kingdom is ruled well when the glory of ruling does not overmaster the spirit.
From The Formation of Christendom, Volume VI The Holy See and the Wandering of the Nations, from St. Leo I to St. Gregory I by T. W. (Thomas William) Allies
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 Sara Ware Bassett
The necessity of recovering it cooled for the moment the passion which had threatened to overmaster him.
From Stories by American Authors, Volume 10 by Various
