overmastered

past tense of overmaster

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for overmastered
Verb
  • The offensive line has made progress since they were overwhelmed by Miami's front seven in Week 1, but the unit will be without a key member for the next few games.
    Jordan Sigler, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
  • That’s according to data conducted by The Harris Poll for Nift, a double-sided marketplace that allows companies to incentivize consumers with gift cards, shows that more than 60 percent of consumers are overwhelmed by the number of ads brands and retailers present to them.
    Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 21 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Schools, hospitals, as well as water and electricity infrastructure have all been devastated during the two-year war from Israel’s extensive military campaign on the Gaza Strip, Amr said.
    Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Her tour of the affected states contrasted with the response taken by her predecessor and mentor, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, when Hurricane Otis devastated Mexico’s Pacific Coast in 2023.
    Cristopher Rogel Blanquet, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • How Tielemans overcame early toils is often used as a source of encouragement by new additions who seem peripheral at first.
    Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Bernal says Mamdani overcame Cuomo's attacks over his relatively thin resume by offering big progressive ideas, like freezing apartment rents and offering free city bus service, that appeal to many young voters.
    Brian Mann, NPR, 22 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Toss together chicken, barbecue sauce, peach preserves, olive oil, cornstarch, salt, black pepper, and crushed red pepper in a 9- x 13-inch baking dish until chicken is evenly coated and cornstarch is fully incorporated into sauce.
    Jasmine Smith, Southern Living, 20 Oct. 2025
  • South Carolina entered the season with playoff aspirations, but those have already been crushed.
    Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The men are seen as misogynistic, and the women are oppressed.
    Deena ElGenaidi, PEOPLE, 11 Oct. 2025
  • However, when your organization was founded less than 45 years after slavery was abolished, when Black women were still being forced to be wet nurses to the very children of those who oppressed them and lynching was a common occurrence below the Mason-Dixon Line?
    Essence, Essence, 3 Oct. 2025
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“Overmastered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overmastered. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.

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