overspread

IPA: ˈoʊvɝsprˈɛd

(transitive) To spread over or across (something); cover over; be scattered over; permeate, overrun.
(intransitive) To be spread or scattered about.

Examples of "overspread" in Sentences

Howat saw a curious expression overspread the other's countenance.
"Miss Massereene, I know," she smiles, looking at her, and letting a pleased expression overspread her features as she does so.
Whenever she regarded it, the same intense and set expression overspread her countenance as that which at first had alarmed me.
Rain, sometimes quite heavy (especially from DC and to the east), will again overspread the metro region over the next several hours.
"Oh, mother, I never once dreamed of such presumption as to think of – of" – The youth paused and a deep blush again overspread his face.
Gaul was again overspread with woods; and the animals, who were reserved for the use or pleasure of the lord, might ravage with impunity the fields of his industrious vassals.
The monk's pale face became livid, and a smile of so strange an expression overspread it, that Raoul, whose eyes were fixed upon him, felt an involuntary and unaccountable uneasiness.
"Guess we're in time for the big show all right," Buddie quietly remarked; and from that moment an expression overspread his countenance and a note crept into his voice I had not noticed there before.
Gustav looked as if he were going to throw himself into the battle again, and a sullen expression overspread his face; but then he began to sway like a tree chopped at the roots, and sank to the ground.