overhead

Example Sentences

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The dining area boasts the same expansive floor plan, complete with light wooden floors and modern overhead lighting.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 28, 2026

However, a zone of cold air high in the atmosphere has been drifting overhead causing instability, allowing shower clouds to bubble up.

From BBC • Apr. 27, 2026

Police swarmed the Washington Hilton Hotel where the event was taking place, and helicopters hovered overhead.

From Barron's • Apr. 26, 2026

The documents are highly sensitive to light, and the lumens of the overhead lamps are kept as low as candlelight to avoid risking degradation.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2026

And when a flock of ducks passed overhead, Brightbill and Glimmer took flight to see what was going on.

From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown