Sentence examples for exert mastery over from inspiring English sources
In place of the medieval ideal of a life of penance as the highest and noblest form of human activity, the humanists looked to the struggle of creation and the attempt to exert mastery over nature.
Dodd decides to make poor, muddled Freddie a special project of his, but his failure to indoctrinate his new disciple, to exert his mastery over this troubled man's mind forms the backbone of this gripping and deeply mysterious drama.
Exert control over their destiny?
Unfortunately, his taunting nonchalance betrayed him as he sought to exert a hypnotic mastery over the pain-riddled beast.
The Chinese government is exerting control over social networking sites.
She feels its mastery over her.
Proving mastery over an unknown class.
"They're going for a mastery of technique, then a mastery over all the important details of service," Freeman said.
From then on, his mastery over Sam and Willie is fixed.
It chastises whoever reaches for mastery over the Middle East.
He alone holds mastery over life and death, they say.
