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 girl's long dark hair fell around her in loose masses, overspreading and almost inundating the low canary-coloured divan of soft Oriental silk on which she was reclining.

From A Tatter of Scarlet Adventurous Episodes of the Commune in the Midi 1871 by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)

He was looking out of the window, through the leafy bough of the overspreading chestnut-oak, at the deep, transparent water in the pond.

From The Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains by Murfree, Mary Noailles

But, by the brighter light caused by the fat falling among the cinders, a shadow could be seen suddenly overspreading his countenance, his features at the same assuming a cast, half-sad, half-angry.

From The Yellow Chief 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