That little student had mastered her part to her own satisfaction, much as she trembled for her fate when she should once face the gathered throng, behind the glare of the footlights.
It mastered her for a moment, and then, held close as she was, began to wane.
Nevertheless, the man mastered himself, and it was a triumph.
Hurstwood found, however, that handling a brake and regulating speed were not so instantly mastered as he had imagined.
The manager masteredhimself only by a great effort.
His art so mastered him--or he mastered it--that his simplicity of style increased with years, which implies that his character grew with his fame.
And you would have me believe that you have so mastered the art of forgetting as to make of it all only a blank chaos!
I have mastered the art of forgetfulness and oblivion.
Pushing through a narrow path, the first object they encountered was a man of small stature lying on the ground, mastered and almost strangled by two dogs, which were instantly recognized to be those that had accompanied Gregory.
Thetis brought the hundred-handed Briareus to the help of the outnumbered and over-mastered Zeus.
The old English song tells how "John Barleycorn must die," and how potently he came back to life and mastered his oppressors.
She had the impulse to throw her arms round him, but she mastered herself.
Ora et labora is an excellent proverb which the Irish people have not yetmastered in its entirety.
Take me to him at once; let me see him," said Skefif, whose impatience had now mastered all prudence.
But when the rudiments of rowing are mastered at last, when patient attention and hard exercise have made you strong, and taught you when and where to use your strength, then comes the reward.
The process of developing a negative would be very easily and quickly mastered if the exposure of the sensitive plates were always timed exactly right.
Poor, simple, happy little Emily was speedily outstripped and left far behind by her gifted companion, who masteredevery science with a rapidity and ease really wonderful.
Georgia found self-control a very difficult lesson to practice; and the impulses of her nature very often rose and mastered her good resolutions yet.
Other papers and letters were in the same strain, and when the countess hadmastered their contents she was positively trembling with anxiety to get a finger in the financial pie belonging to her newly-made friend.
For a time Jeanne mastered herself sufficiently to appreciate him and to show her devotion by living only for him.
Behind and in the Gospel stands the Person of Jesus Christ who mastered men's hearts, and constrained them to yield themselves to him as his own, and in whom they found their God.
He had not mastered it yet--but felt fairly confident that he was near the goal.
The assailants sprang across the passage thus afforded, and mastered the ruined portion of the fort.
On their return, after having summoned the regiment, they easily mastered and butchered the guard at the gate through which they had re-entered, supplying their place with men from their own ranks.
She had not meant to speak until she stood close to him; but when she was within a few paces of him her excitement mastered her.
The tears slipped down her cheeks and rolled away, and she did not even attempt to dry them, her affectionate grief had mastered her completely.
Presently, deeming that the enemy was sufficiently emboldened, and having mastered their tactics, he decided to join battle with them.
She was evidently not very strong, for the old watchman, shrivelled and shrunken though he was, had already mastered her.
Then they alighted upon the Cardinal de Moreno, who, pale to the lips, strove in vain to smother the growing agitation which had mastered him from the moment when he too first recognized Mirrab.
He was mastered by the demon of sensuality; it was reported by the superstitious that he associated with devils in the woods and attracted women by means of spells.
But his men-at-arms suddenly mastered the unprepared guards, and the gates were thrown open to Earl William and his numerous followers.
There is the collected wisdom of untold ages in that little volume, and when I have mastered the secret it contains, I shall, like the eaters of the forbidden fruit, possess a knowledge of all things, Good and Evil.
When I have mastered that secret I shall try again, and then, perhaps, I shall succeed.
He toiled and he speculated, as he mastered the grammar and much of the vocabulary of the great classical and vernacular languages which made him a seven-tongued man.
One day he gave her a large, handsomely-bound volume and asked her to read it at odd times and he would examine her in it when she had mastered its contents.
She mastered that moment of fear and plunged forward, calling to the groom to follow her.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "mastered" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: broken; crushed; humbled; prostrate; quelled; reduced; smashed; subdued; subjugated; suppressed
