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

She was the first to hail the glorious restoration of its light, and as she worshipped its rising beams, she will never seek to quench or overcloud its meridian lustre.

From Hansford: A Tale of Bacon's Rebellion by Tucker, St. George

A flame, pure as the fire of Vesta, burns for thee in her bosom, and would waste her life, should folly and caprice overcloud thy soul to the refusing her favour.

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

No such design His heart conceives, or hope; nor let a dread So vain the mind of any overcloud 380 Who banquets here, since it dishonours me.

From The Odyssey of Homer by Cowper, William

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