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

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 Smith, Francis Hopkinson

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 Reid, Mayne

"For money there is much to be had!" he croaked, a sardonic smile overspreading his withered face, while his long fingers clawed invisible heaps of gold.

From The Winning of the Golden Spurs by Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)

She looked up at him with a kind of wonder in her eyes, and with that "fiery rose" quite suddenly overspreading her face again.

From My Little Sister by Robins, Elizabeth