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
He was looking out of the window, through the leafy bough of the overspreading chestnut-oak, at the deep, transparent water in the pond.
From The Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains by Murfree, Mary Noailles
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 Firebaugh, Ellen M.
"Nay," answered the Captain, a flush of anger overspreading his bronzed features.
From The Quest of the 'Golden Hope' A Seventeenth Century Story of Adventure by Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)
Otmar rose from his knees, a deep blush overspreading his handsome countenance.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 370, August 1846 by Various
