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

Lastly, unheeding the look of abject terror that was overspreading the face of the girl, he turned upon his heel and began to walk rapidly down the long hall to the door.

From Istar of Babylon A Phantasy by Potter, Margaret Horton

There was one sunset when the overspreading of violet clouds would have shut out the day quite, but that the canopy was not closely adjusted to the low barrier of forest to the westward.

From The Sea and the Jungle by Tomlinson, H. M. (Henry Major)

Sir Thomas did see—sharing the other’s alarm, but without showing it—a sheet of water that shone silvery white under the moonlight overspreading all the plain below.

From No Quarter! by Reid, Mayne

She looked up at him with a kind of wonder in her eyes, and with that "fiery rose" quite suddenly overspreading her face again.

From My Little Sister by Robins, Elizabeth