Mastered

Examples

• I am not accustomed, sir, he began, but mastered his anger and resumed his seat. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• The man mastered himself with a violent effort, and his grim mouth loosened into a false laugh, which was more menacing than his frown. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• She had mastered this rude coarse nature; and he loved and worshipped her with all his faculties of regard and admiration. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• His father, by-the-way, always encouraged these literary tastes, and paid him a small sum for each new book mastered. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• I mastered the rising hysteria, lifted up my head, and took a firm stand on the stool. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• He had mastered his profession, and the town in Perigord was somewhat too small for him. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• While Greek was utterly unknown in the west of Europe, it was mastered by some of the pupils of Theodore. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• A mortal dread had mastered him body and soul--and his own recognition of Pesca was the cause of it! Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Meantime better instruments had been secured, and the rudiments of telegraphy had been fairly mastered. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Nevertheless she had mastered him. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Until he had mastered the principles of zoology, his efforts to make anything out of them would be random and blind. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• Still, the reference to Provis by name mastered everything. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• They mastered it, and their success with their propeller is the feature of their airship in which they take the greatest pride. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Amy got no farther, for Jo's hot temper mastered her, and she shook Amy till her teeth chattered in her head, crying in a passion of grief and anger. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• They passed it around, and every body speculated on it awhile, but it mastered them all. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Fate took me in her strong hand; mastered my will; directed my actions: I rang the door-bell. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• How long it was before I mastered the absorbing misery of my own thoughts, I cannot tell. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• I arose again, laughing at my forgetfulness, and soon had mastered once more the art of attuning my earthly sinews to these changed conditions. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• Marco particularly pleased Kublai; he was young and clever, and it is clear he had mastered the Tartar language very thoroughly. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• From a book he mastered with a purpose the principles of grammar. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• Having once caught the bridle, he mastered it directly and sprang to his saddle; grimacing grimly as he made the effort, for it wrenched his sprain. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• She had risen and stood before him, once more completely mastered by the inner urgency of the moment. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• At last he mastered himself and sat down once more at his desk. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.

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