overspread

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

The Pacific jet stream, meanwhile, lifts farther north — allowing warm, moist air to overspread much of the United States and set the stage for storms.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 25, 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 do not dream! I see the face of Lord Hamlet on this youth, overspread with Ophelia’s beauty and her truth,” he says in a tone of wonder.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein

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

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

Then, dropping her eyes to the ground, she stood silent under the tree—her swarth complexion still further darkened by sombre shadows, now overspreading every feature of her face.

From The White Gauntlet by Mayne Reid

When she saw the gloom overspreading her brother's countenance, her snub-nose, too, made its appearance, and, finally, her entire lovely person.

From Only a Girl: or, A Physician for the Soul. by Wilhelmine von Hillern