overlaid

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

An Instagram post on March 7 from Dubai’s official tourism account featured slick visuals of the emirate’s landmark high-rise buildings overlaid with a catchy pop-soundtrack that declares: “Dubai is still the safest place on Earth.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026

It then overlaid a valuation screen on its score card, and came up with four names.

From Barron's • Feb. 13, 2026

Now Snap plans to release augmented reality glasses in 2026 that let people interact with digital images overlaid onto the physical world.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 26, 2025

The GPS showed him ground coordinates, but there was no overlaid image—no moving dot or icon—that showed where he was in relation to those coordinates.

From Slate • Nov. 8, 2025

It was no cleaner here, and in fact file air was even harder to breathe than in the cell, because all the natural stinks had been overlaid by a heavy layer of cloying perfume.

From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman