overcast

Example Sentences

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I’ve learned from experts over and over about how exposing yourself to natural light, even on an overcast day, either resets or talks to your circadian rhythm.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 16, 2026

And by practicing those little acts of love with each other every day, they make their little part of Minnesota all the more bright, even in the perpetually overcast winter.

From Salon • Feb. 7, 2026

It's been dull too, for Dyce in Aberdeen where the sun has not made an appearance for the last fortnight making it the longest overcast spell since 1957.

From BBC • Feb. 6, 2026

A line of police officers stood to salute the passing coffin under an overcast sky.

From Barron's • Jan. 28, 2026

A forest fire was making its way along the tinderbox ridges above them, flaring and shimmering against the overcast like the northern lights.

From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy