Meanings of struggled for mastery in English

Annoyance and amusement struggled for mastery in his expression as he replied:

Both struggled for mastery and for the moment without disturbing the equipoise.

The ships swung around as the men on them struggled for mastery.

Such were the magnificent plans which struggled for mastery within me.

Pain and indignation struggled for mastery in Alan's stormy soul as he walked homeward.

Her face was a study; many emotions struggled for mastery-fear ,sullenobstinacy, and impotent rage.

Remorse and sympathy and acute apprehension struggled for mastery.

The brute and the coward struggled for mastery.

None knew the eddies of life which struggled for mastery in him, nor of his horrible disappointments.

Anger and apprehension struggled for mastery in her breast and choked her utterance when she attempted to speak.

The boy stood staring miserably at the wall with eyes in which fear and hurt pride struggled for mastery.

Conflicting emotions struggled for mastery; but, hardly knowing what he did, he started up and offered her a caress.

They struggled for mastery.

For a moment gloomy incredulity, suspicion, delight, pride, admiration, even affection, struggled for mastery in his sullen, staring eyes and open, twitching mouth.

In half a minute one of the detectives returned, and with him was Fairholme, on whose honest face indignation and astonishment struggled for mastery.

The look in her eyes, as she turned them full upon the girl, was one in which defiance mingled with alarm and struggled for mastery.