His sympathies were strongly with the South, but not so strongly as to overmaster his desire to retain his commission and its emoluments.
"The Struggle for Missouri"
John McElroy
There was a man there whom I managed to overmaster, not without difficulty.
"The Woman of Mystery"
Maurice Leblanc
To overmaster the spy whose presence he suspected in the church steeple and then to penetrate to the very heart of the enemy's lines, in order to signal the position, meant going to certain death.
"The Woman of Mystery"
Maurice Leblanc