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

You hit Lawyer Blakeford?” he said, with a broad grin overspreading his face.

From The Story of Antony Grace by Fenn, George Manville

The boy slid from the chair and out of the door, ecstasy overspreading all the freckles.

From The Story of a Doctor's Telephone?Told by His Wife by Firebaugh, Ellen M.

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

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