overclouded

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What should have been a time to regroup, refocus, and rethink has been overclouded by just one more act in the circus known as the 2012 season.

From The Guardian • Jun. 22, 2012

Her countenance was immediately overclouded; and for an instant she lingered to gaze upon the sylph-like form that was stretched upon that ottoman.

From Wagner, the Wehr-Wolf by Reynolds, George W. M. (George William MacArthur)

Muscular twitchings were noted whenever the heavens were overclouded by a storm, or whenever clouds charged with electricity were passed above the conductor.

From Makers of Modern Medicine by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)

The sun was soon overclouded, the wind freshened and grew sharp as we continued to descend the widening estuary; and with the falling temperature the gloom among the passengers increased.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 2 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis

So, perhaps, Shakespeare said to himself in those years when, as we imagine, melancholy and embitterment often overclouded his sky, though they did not obscure his faith in goodness and much less his intellectual vision.

From Oxford Lectures on Poetry by Bradley, Andrew Cecil