Examples of overspread in a Sentence
the butter should evenly overspread the baking pan
autumn leaves overspreading one another on the lawn to form a colorful mosaic
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After a few days break, bitter Arctic cold will overspread much of the north-central U.S. Wednesday, while the East Coast sees heavy rain and thunderstorms from a potent storm.
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Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 11 Dec. 2024
Tropical storm-force winds have already started overspreading the west coast of Florida, with a wind gust in St. Petersburg to 55 mph.
—Andrew Freedman, Axios, 9 Oct. 2024
Rain will likely arrive from the southwest on Tuesday night and overspread northeast.
—Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 8 July 2024
Record heat in the East While much of the central and southern U.S. continued to deal with severe weather Monday, potentially record-breaking heat was forecast to overspread much of the East, forecasters said.
—Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 30 Apr. 2024
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Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 11 Dec. 2024
Tropical storm-force winds have already started overspreading the west coast of Florida, with a wind gust in St. Petersburg to 55 mph.
—Andrew Freedman, Axios, 9 Oct. 2024
Rain will likely arrive from the southwest on Tuesday night and overspread northeast.
—Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 8 July 2024
Record heat in the East While much of the central and southern U.S. continued to deal with severe weather Monday, potentially record-breaking heat was forecast to overspread much of the East, forecasters said.
—Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 30 Apr. 2024
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“Overspread.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/overspread. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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overspread
verb
over·spread
-ˈspred 
overspread; overspreading
: to spread over or above
branches overspreading a garden path
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