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 wind and rain had increased, but he no longer heeded them in his feverish haste and his consciousness that motion could alone keep away that dreadful apathy which threatened to overcloud his judgment.

From Trent's Trust, and Other Stories by Harte, Bret

And yet, for this kind soul, looking into life with such love and hope, I must in a little while overcloud the merited Heaven of today, with tidings of my failure in the Catechetical Professorship!

From Translations from the German (Vol 3 of 3) Tales by Musaeus, Tieck, Richter by Carlyle, Thomas

Back again at Padua, Giuseppe set to work vigorously, without a presentiment of the sorrow that was so soon to overcloud his happiness.

From Pope Pius the Tenth by Forbes, F. A. (Frances Alice)

The demerits of the play, however, could not wholly overcloud the splendor of her unique personality, which at moments electrified the audience.

From Reminiscences, 1819-1899 by Howe, Julia Ward