overspread

Example Sentences

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The winds will be fierce through the Central Valley, where air funnels easily between the coastal ranges and the Sierra Nevada, but will also overspread the Bay Area, Central Coast and Southern California.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 12, 2021

The Pacific jet stream, meanwhile, lifts farther north — allowing warm, moist air to overspread much of the United States and set the stage for storms.

From Washington Post • Feb. 25, 2021

"Poverty and disgrace," Hamilton wrote again, "would overspread a country which with wisdom might make herself the admiration and envy of the world."

From Salon • Sep. 19, 2020

An expression of whimsical wonderment and awe overspread his face as he drawled:

From Slate • Nov. 25, 2018

“I do not dream! I see the face of Lord Hamlet on this youth, overspread with Ophelia’s beauty and her truth,” he says in a tone of wonder.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein