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

The wind and rain had increased, but he no longer heeded them in his feverish haste and his consciousness that motion could alone keep away that dreadful apathy which threatened to overcloud his judgment.

From Trent's Trust, and Other Stories by Harte, Bret

Sometimes when exteriors were being taken the sky would overcloud and the sun be denied them for a whole day.

From Merton of the Movies by Wilson, Harry Leon

If such there be, O grief and shame to think    That sight of thee should overcloud their joy, A new-born soul, just waiting on the brink    Of endless life, yet wrapt in earth's annoy!

From The Christian Year by Keble, John

And those conjure images, those, The puppets of loss or gain; Not he who is bare to his doom; For whom never semblance plays To bewitch, overcloud, illume.

From Poems — Volume 2 by Meredith, George