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
The child reached up her small, chapped hand and laid it on his cheek, cuddling closer, a shy, satisfied smile overspreading her face.
From The Other Fellow by Francis Hopkinson Smith
“Well?” he said, with a black angry look overspreading his face.
From Midnight Webs by George Manville Fenn
When she saw the gloom overspreading her brother's countenance, her snub-nose, too, made its appearance, and, finally, her entire lovely person.
From Only a Girl: or, A Physician for the Soul. by Wilhelmine von Hillern
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 Margaret Horton Potter
