overspread
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To the east, tropical humidity will reign, but desert air will overspread areas to the west.
From Washington Post ● May 7, 2022
The winds will be fierce through the Central Valley, where air funnels easily between the coastal ranges and the Sierra Nevada, but will also overspread the Bay Area, Central Coast and Southern California.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 12, 2021
"Poverty and disgrace," Hamilton wrote again, "would overspread a country which with wisdom might make herself the admiration and envy of the world."
From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2020
“The worst of the storm will overspread the state later Monday night into Tuesday.”
From Washington Times ● Jan. 31, 2016
“I knew you from the description of poor dear Lucy; but——” She stopped suddenly, and a quick blush overspread her face.
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
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
It was discovered under the wide overspreading boughs of a clump of firs which had so grown that a perfectly clear and covered area in the center provided a Nature-made house.
From Girl Scouts in the Rockies by Lillian Elizabeth Roy
You hit Lawyer Blakeford?” he said, with a broad grin overspreading his face.
From The Story of Antony Grace by George Manville Fenn
Then, dropping her eyes to the ground, she stood silent under the tree—her swarth complexion still further darkened by sombre shadows, now overspreading every feature of her face.
From The White Gauntlet by Mayne Reid
A man well-known to him—one he hated, yet feared, as could be told by the scowl instantly overspreading his countenance, along with a whitening of the lips.
From No Quarter! by Mayne Reid
