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
She looked up at him with a kind of wonder in her eyes, and with that "fiery rose" quite suddenly overspreading her face again.
From My Little Sister by Elizabeth Robins
The boys, too, with broad grins overspreading their faces, crept forward on tiptoes to listen.
From Great Opera Stories Taken from Original Sources in Old German by Millicent Schwab Bender
“Well?” he said, with a black angry look overspreading his face.
From Midnight Webs by George Manville Fenn
The boy slid from the chair and out of the door, ecstasy overspreading all the freckles.
From The Story of a Doctor's Telephone?Told by His Wife by Ellen M. Firebaugh
