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
An expression of whimsical wonderment and awe overspread his face as he drawled:
From Slate ● Nov. 25, 2018
“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
The child reached up her small, chapped hand and laid it on his cheek, cuddling closer, a shy, satisfied smile overspreading her face.
From The Other Fellow by Francis Hopkinson Smith
You hit Lawyer Blakeford?” he said, with a broad grin overspreading his face.
From The Story of Antony Grace by George Manville Fenn
Still, there was a twitching of the facial muscles, and a pallor overspreading his cheeks, his nephew could not fail to notice.
From The Child Wife by Mayne Reid
The sun was still shining brightly when they started from Ligny-en-Barrois, but it was now growing dark from the overspreading clouds, and as soon as Toul was sighted the lieutenant turned the machine northward.
From The Boy Volunteers with the French Airman by Kenneth Ward
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