overmen
- plural of overman.
Example Sentences
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Like any great short story, Scholz’s shows us the truth: Half-assed overmen rule the clever beasts.
From Slate ● Aug. 5, 2023
Heartrending were the wailings and shrieks and moanings which arose at this announcement, confirmed by the viewer and overmen.
From The Mines and its Wonders by Kingston, William Henry Giles
The old gentleman asked me to take a few overmen a trip.
From Looking Seaward Again by Runciman, Walter
Then the overmen of the different pits came forward to shake hands with him, whilst the miners waved their caps, shouting, "Farewell, James Starr, our master and our friend!"
From The Underground City, or, the Child of the Cavern by Verne, Jules
Their kings and their tyrants alike were just men set in front of other men or usurping a leadership; they were not quasi-divine overmen like Pharaoh or Minos or the monarchs of Mesopotamia.
From A Short History of the World by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
