overspreading
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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
Sir Thomas did see—sharing the other’s alarm, but without showing it—a sheet of water that shone silvery white under the moonlight overspreading all the plain below.
From No Quarter! by Mayne Reid
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
“Must you tell her?” asked Mr. Stuyvesant, an odd expression overspreading his kind, strong face as he looked into the little girl’s eyes.
From Three Little Women A Story for Girls by Gabrielle E. (Gabrielle Emilie) Jackson
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
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