overspread
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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
Discussion: A tropical air mass will overspread the Mid-Atlantic as a warm front lifts north during the morning hours.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 31, 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
“The worst of the storm will overspread the state later Monday night into Tuesday.”
From Washington Times ● Jan. 31, 2016
“I knew you from the description of poor dear Lucy; but——” She stopped suddenly, and a quick blush overspread her face.
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
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
Finally, when Porter’s defence developed too much strength for A. P. Hill, he deployed into line of battle from left to right, overspreading the enemy’s entire front.
From From Manassas to Appomattox Memoirs of The Civil War in America by James Longstreet
When she saw the gloom overspreading her brother's countenance, her snub-nose, too, made its appearance, and, finally, her entire lovely person.
From Only a Girl: or, A Physician for the Soul. by Wilhelmine von Hillern
But, by the brighter light caused by the fat falling among the cinders, a shadow could be seen suddenly overspreading his countenance, his features at the same assuming a cast, half-sad, half-angry.
From The Yellow Chief by Mayne Reid
"No!" cried Taras, a deep flush overspreading the pallor of his face.
From For the Right by Karl Emil Franzos
