overcloud

Example Sentences

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To imagine how and why their home had ripped in two might just overcloud me with despair.

From New York Times • Jul. 28, 2018

The atmosphere has changed from dark and sullen to hopeful, and I am sure your Lordships will allow me to be equally confident that nothing will be done at Westminster to overcloud that promising sky.

From Indian speeches (1907-1909) by Morley, John

They also remarked to each other that though Fidele smiled so sweetly, yet so sad a melancholy did overcloud his lovely face, as if grief and patience had together taken possession of him.

From Tales from Shakespeare by Lamb, Mary

And above the stain of her false position since she had come to the Cape was the overcloud of that accusation which had first warped Sheila Macklin's life and humbled her spirit.

From Sheila of Big Wreck Cove A Story of Cape Cod by Owen, R. Emmett (Robert Emmett)

But his fear of Edna's displeasure, though it might overcloud, could not prohibit his performance of a task he thought ought to be done.

From The Mystery of Murray Davenport A Story of New York at the Present Day by Stephens, Robert Neilson