overcloud

Example Sentences

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To imagine how and why their home had ripped in two might just overcloud me with despair.

From New York Times • Jul. 28, 2018

Suddenly Annie's shyness, reserve, whatever it was, seemed to overcloud her.

From The Butterfly House by Meylan, Paul Julian

The demerits of the play, however, could not wholly overcloud the splendor of her unique personality, which at moments electrified the audience.

From Reminiscences, 1819-1899 by Howe, Julia Ward

A flame, pure as the fire of Vesta, burns for thee in her bosom, and would waste her life, should folly and caprice overcloud thy soul to the refusing her favour.

From Translations from the German (Vol 3 of 3) Tales by Musaeus, Tieck, Richter by Carlyle, Thomas

Does our heaven overcloud because we lack certainty?

From Robert Browning by Dowden, Edward