Sentence examples for mastery over this from inspiring English sources

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.

Given her disastrous performance last week, her mastery over this song was all the more inspiring.

And the chess publishing industry is jam-packed with books that promise amateur players "mastery" over this or that opening, or a "secret weapon" that will allow them to knockout their opponent in the opening without breaking a sweat.

Knowledge of a thing's true name brings mastery over the object, and as this applies to people as well, to tell someone your true name in Earthsea is an act of intimate trust.

Of course, aside from simply demonstrating man's mastery over creation, this type of work is immensely important in fields ranging from entomology and neuroscience to prosthetics engineering.

However, it has taken some time to gain sufficient mastery over the necessary synthetic and supramolecular chemistry (and related physics) for this field to begin to flourish.

It chastises whoever reaches for mastery over the Middle East.

In the era after the discovery of the Americas, European states fought for mastery over the Atlantic.

A mountain climber can at least pretend to some mastery over the planet.

Yesterday morning, Mike Dunham insisted that his mastery over the Islanders was "just coincidence".

He has achieved mastery over the great dragons: hurry, anxiety and disorder.