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
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
A man well-known to him—one he hated, yet feared, as could be told by the scowl instantly overspreading his countenance, along with a whitening of the lips.
From No Quarter! by Mayne Reid
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
You hit Lawyer Blakeford?” he said, with a broad grin overspreading his face.
From The Story of Antony Grace by George Manville Fenn
