Definition of overmaster in English:
overmaster
verb əʊvəˈmɑːstəˌoʊvərˈmæstər
[with object]literary Overcome; conquer.
he was overmastered by events
Example sentencesExamples
- Aromatic logs would be burned under the windows of the rich to overmaster the stench that penetrated the city.
- Yet while under the influence of the Summoning Stone, I feared for a time that it was the Demon King himself who had overmastered me, for I could not sense Morlock anywhere… but I understand better now.
- It's a weakness of mine, I admit, that my judgment is often overmastered by passion.
- The life-story perspective reveals a common presentation in patients who have been demoralized and overmastered by circumstances.
- Everything is made subordinate to the overmastering dictates of war.
- Presumably they have all left their warm beds at the compulsion of some overmastering motive: duty, ambition, or fear of poverty.
- They know that the overmastering intentions of the cosmos cannot be undone, but believe that down the line events can be tweaked.
- Sometimes she felt the overmastering desire to strangle her with kisses.
- Yet there is one writer whose unmistakable voice will occasionally overmaster hers.
- One thing, however, can be said with reasonable confidence: throughout his life Aristotle was driven by one overmastering desire - the desire for knowledge.
Definition of overmaster in US English:
overmaster
verbˌōvərˈmastərˌoʊvərˈmæstər
[with object]literary Overcome; conquer.
he was overmastered by events
Example sentencesExamples
- Sometimes she felt the overmastering desire to strangle her with kisses.
- Yet there is one writer whose unmistakable voice will occasionally overmaster hers.
- Everything is made subordinate to the overmastering dictates of war.
- Presumably they have all left their warm beds at the compulsion of some overmastering motive: duty, ambition, or fear of poverty.
- Yet while under the influence of the Summoning Stone, I feared for a time that it was the Demon King himself who had overmastered me, for I could not sense Morlock anywhere… but I understand better now.
- Aromatic logs would be burned under the windows of the rich to overmaster the stench that penetrated the city.
- The life-story perspective reveals a common presentation in patients who have been demoralized and overmastered by circumstances.
- One thing, however, can be said with reasonable confidence: throughout his life Aristotle was driven by one overmastering desire - the desire for knowledge.
- They know that the overmastering intentions of the cosmos cannot be undone, but believe that down the line events can be tweaked.
- It's a weakness of mine, I admit, that my judgment is often overmastered by passion.