overspreading
Example Sentences
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I went to him and saw that his eyes were sightless; already a thin film was overspreading them.
From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya
"No!" cried Taras, a deep flush overspreading the pallor of his face.
From For the Right by Karl Emil Franzos
The girl's long dark hair fell around her in loose masses, overspreading and almost inundating the low canary-coloured divan of soft Oriental silk on which she was reclining.
From A Tatter of Scarlet Adventurous Episodes of the Commune in the Midi 1871 by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett
“To San Antonio!” repeated the judge, with an expression of great alarm overspreading his features.
From Tales from Blackwood Volume 5 by Various
But a deadly pallor overspreading her face had proved to me that my exertions to reassure her would be fruitless.
From The Best Psychic Stories by Various
