overcast

Skies are frequently overcast, and winters are cold, gray and gloomy.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026

The warmest the Three Lions have played in was 25C for the final group game against Panama, but that featured overcast skies.

From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026

It was a cool, overcast day and as the wind rustled the tree leaves, a baby coyote raced across the lawn in the distance.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2026

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

Even though the day was overcast, I had one of Mother’s old parasols shading both me and the Plant, which was snugly ensconced in a small clay flowerpot.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly

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

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 Mór Jókai

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

And should the river of our happy laughter Flow 'neath a sky no cloud yet overcasts, We will not fear the shadows coming after, But make the most of sunshine while it lasts.

From Yule-Tide in Many Lands by L. J. (Lewis Jesse) Bridgman

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

From The Guardian ● Nov. 29, 2012

No pasting on or overcasting to be allowed.

From Bookbinding, and the Care of Books A handbook for Amateurs, Bookbinders & Librarians by Noel Rooke

The success of overcasting depends largely on the amount of margin at the back, so that care must be taken not to cut more than is absolutely necessary.

From Library Bookbinding by Arthur Low Bailey

Stitching makes a stronger book than the old-fashioned whipstitching but cannot compare in strength with the modern overcasting.

From Library Bookbinding by Arthur Low Bailey

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