overspreading

Example Sentences

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I went to him and saw that his eyes were sightless; already a thin film was overspreading them.

From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya

So mournfully and tenderly he writes and speaks, the shadow of that sorrow at the centre of his life overspreading the whole world with darkness to him.

From Chronicles of the Schonberg-Cotta Family by Charles, Elizabeth Rundle

"No!" cried Taras, a deep flush overspreading the pallor of his face.

From For the Right by Franzos, Karl Emil

The girl's long dark hair fell around her in loose masses, overspreading and almost inundating the low canary-coloured divan of soft Oriental silk on which she was reclining.

From A Tatter of Scarlet Adventurous Episodes of the Commune in the Midi 1871 by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)

“Must you tell her?” asked Mr. Stuyvesant, an odd expression overspreading his kind, strong face as he looked into the little girl’s eyes.

From Three Little Women A Story for Girls by Jackson, Gabrielle E. (Gabrielle Emilie)