overspread
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To the east, tropical humidity will reign, but desert air will overspread areas to the west.
From Washington Post ● May 7, 2022
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
"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
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
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
In less than an hour Sir John returned, a broad smile of satisfaction overspreading his grim features.
From The Winning of the Golden Spurs by Percy F. (Percy Francis) Westerman
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