"Civilization, therefore, obtains mastery over the individual's dangerous desire for aggression by weakening and disarming it and by setting up an agency within him to watch over it, like a garrison in a conquered city."

The victors, however, turned on each other and the Pisans obtained mastery over the island at the expense of their erstwhile allies.

The latter are well brought up, and therefore succeed in obtaining mastery over the men more than in any nation in the world.

The title is the state award of Albania that was given for the personal merit in Albania to the citizens that worked in their respective artistic field as a rule of no less than ten (10) years obtaining high on-the-job achievements and professional mastery.

It is strange that superstition should have obtained such mastery over this hard-headed and practical race.

The fakir works to obtain mastery of the attention (self-mastery) through struggles with the physical body involving difficult physical exercises and postures.

The explanation contains the critical information necessary for the learner to obtain mastery of the content.

Miraculously, she survived and was rescued and adopted into a ninja clan where she obtains complete mastery of her adopted weapon, the tetsugen.

In some texts, they are described as 'one who understands the Dharma by his own efforts, but does not obtain omniscience nor mastery over the Fruits' (phalesu vasībhāvam).

Arthur arrives just as Friday transfers their beings into the Key; having obtained mastery of the Middle House, he returns their experiences.