overcast

Example Sentences

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The midday sun has only just begun to peek through the overcast sky.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2026

And by practicing those little acts of love with each other every day, they make their little part of Minnesota all the more bright, even in the perpetually overcast winter.

From Salon • Feb. 7, 2026

It's been dull too, for Dyce in Aberdeen where the sun has not made an appearance for the last fortnight making it the longest overcast spell since 1957.

From BBC • Feb. 6, 2026

A line of police officers stood to salute the passing coffin under an overcast sky.

From Barron's • Jan. 28, 2026

Temperatures had fallen sharply over the week, down to the thirties at night, and the sky seemed perpetually overcast.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson