overcast

On overcast days, when the sun was hidden, pigeons that lacked the macrophages lost their sense of direction and had difficulty navigating home.

From Science Daily ● May 31, 2026

The discourse is civil and the banter is friendly on this humid, overcast morning before Trump's visit, but such across-the-aisle political discussions are few and far between, residents say.

From BBC ● May 1, 2026

Early Saturday, an overcast Islamabad felt like a ghost town, with almost no civilian traffic on its wide avenues.

From Barron's ● Apr. 11, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 27, 2026

The campus seemed deserted—everyone was at the party, I supposed—and the green lawn, the gaudy tulips, were hushed and expectant beneath the overcast sky.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt

Three months earlier, Blankenship had told mine superintendents to "ignore" requests to build overcasts -- devices that are important for ventilating deadly gases from mines.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 8, 2010

Old flying boats venture out and up through pea-soup overcasts, often to rescue flyers from a sea so cold that few men have survived after floating in it for more than 30 minutes.

From Time Magazine Archive

Good Heavens, my dear, how deeply is your father still immersed in material things! how dense is his understanding, and what gloom overcasts his soul!

From The Pretentious Young Ladies by Molière

Suddenly it drives down before it a storm which overcasts the blue sky, so that it is pitch dark in the valley.

From Timar's Two Worlds by Jókai, Mór

When every drop of blood in the veins is pure a beauteous flush overcasts the young girl's cheek.

From Right Living as a Fine Art A Study of Channing's Symphony as an Outline of the Ideal Life and Character by Hillis, Newell Dwight

John Goodman can do the oaky solidity, but perhaps might be overcasting.

From The Guardian ● Nov. 29, 2012

The entire pattern is carried out in this way, first laying down foundation threads in the necessary places and then covering them up with either overcasting or buttonhole stitch as required.

From Embroidery and Tapestry Weaving by Christie, Grace

The teacher should demonstrate the method of overcasting and explain its use.

From Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Household Science in Rural Schools by Ontario. Ministry of Education

Above the flare of the thick canopy of the smoke spread out, completely overcasting the river.

From Frances of the Ranges The Old Ranchman's Treasure by Marlowe, Amy Bell

This method can be used only if adjoining leaf is firm, but can never be employed with overcasting.

From Library Bookbinding by Bailey, Arthur Low