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
So mournfully and tenderly he writes and speaks, the shadow of that sorrow at the centre of his life overspreading the whole world with darkness to him.
From Chronicles of the Schonberg-Cotta Family by Elizabeth Rundle Charles
From that time forward Mrs. Ryle kept silence with her husband, as she did with others; but the roots of the project grew deeper and deeper in her heart, overspreading all its healthy fibres.
From Trevlyn Hold by Mrs. Henry Wood
A branch of a tree overspreading the water catches his attention.
From Mrs. Geoffrey by Duchess
It was discovered under the wide overspreading boughs of a clump of firs which had so grown that a perfectly clear and covered area in the center provided a Nature-made house.
From Girl Scouts in the Rockies by Lillian Elizabeth Roy
