overmastered

past tense of overmaster

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for overmastered
Verb
  • Many companies and industries are clearly overwhelmed by rapid advancements in artificial intelligence—with a recent Massachusetts Institute of Technology paper suggesting that 95% of generative AI pilot programs had failed among the dozens of companies the researchers surveyed.
    Giacomo Tognini, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • In my debut novel, Little Movements, the protagonist, Layla, is overwhelmed by these truths when she’s selected to be the choreographer-in-residence at a prestigious arts institution in rural Vermont.
    Lauren Morrow September 9, Literary Hub, 9 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Jeffco Public Schools Superintendent Tracy Dorland said she was devastated and angry about the shooting.
    Katie Langford, Boston Herald, 13 Sep. 2025
  • June’s death in May 2003 left the music legend devastated.
    Lynsey Eidell, People.com, 12 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Dong-hwan also begins to suspect that his father, Yeong-gyu — a blind man who overcame his disability to raise him and become a master artisan — may be guarding secrets of his own.
    Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Quarterback Austin Simmons threw for 235 yards as the Rebels overcame a 10-0 deficit.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 9 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • See the best and worst moments of the night — and spare a thought for the actresses whose ribcages were crushed in the name of fashion — in our roundup of the highs, lows and yikes of the Emmys.
    Alex Apatoff, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2025
  • With one out in the sixth, Johnston crushed his first homer of the night into the upper deck to tie the game at three.
    Isaac Azout, Miami Herald, 14 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • That system brutally enforced racial segregation, which oppressed the Black majority, for 50 years before ending in 1994.
    Matthew Lee, Chicago Tribune, 12 Aug. 2025
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“Overmastered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overmastered. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.

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