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overspreading
noun as in ripple effect
Example Sentences
I went to him and saw that his eyes were sightless; already a thin film was overspreading them.
The boy slid from the chair and out of the door, ecstasy overspreading all the freckles.
Lastly, unheeding the look of abject terror that was overspreading the face of the girl, he turned upon his heel and began to walk rapidly down the long hall to the door.
The boys, too, with broad grins overspreading their faces, crept forward on tiptoes to listen.
Finally, when Porter’s defence developed too much strength for A. P. Hill, he deployed into line of battle from left to right, overspreading the enemy’s entire front.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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