overspreading
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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
"Why compare him with St. Udo Brand?" asked Margaret, with a sudden flush overspreading her cheeks, vivid as carmine.
From Faithful Margaret A Novel by Annie Ashmore
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 H. M. (Henry Major) Tomlinson
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 Mayne Reid
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 Elizabeth Robins
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