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

No such design His heart conceives, or hope; nor let a dread So vain the mind of any overcloud 380 Who banquets here, since it dishonours me.

From The Odyssey of Homer by Cowper, William

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

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

But his plans were rendered abortive by the strange malady which about that time began to overcloud his splendid genius.

From Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 1 by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron