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

But a deadly pallor overspreading her face had proved to me that my exertions to reassure her would be fruitless.

From The Best Psychic Stories by Various

"Nay," answered the Captain, a flush of anger overspreading his bronzed features.

From The Quest of the 'Golden Hope' A Seventeenth Century Story of Adventure by Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)

Still, there was a twitching of the facial muscles, and a pallor overspreading his cheeks, his nephew could not fail to notice.

From The Child Wife by Reid, Mayne

From that time forward Mrs. Ryle kept silence with her husband, as she did with others; but the roots of the project grew deeper and deeper in her heart, overspreading all its healthy fibres.

From Trevlyn Hold by Wood, Mrs. Henry