How to Use overspread in a Sentence

overspread

verb
  • Warm, rather humid air is due to overspread the area by Tuesday.
    Tom Skilling, chicagotribune.com, 11 May 2017
  • Snow will likely overspread the state by lunchtime Sunday and the snowfall will be heavy.
    David Owens, courant.com, 29 Nov. 2019
  • Freezing rain or plain rain (from the District to the south and east) will overspread the entire region over the next hour or two.
    Dan Stillman, Washington Post, 7 Feb. 2018
  • Through Tonight: Light rain will continue to overspread the region from north to south throughout the evening.
    Greg Porter, Washington Post, 4 Nov. 2017
  • The National Weather Service says once the storm moves out of the area, arctic air is forecast to overspread the state.
    Mike Johnson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 18 Jan. 2020
  • Rain will overspread the region overnight, but the precipitation will be on the light side.
    courant.com, 3 Dec. 2020
  • This is when snow and ice will overspread the lower Ohio Valley and Appalachians.
    Jeff Berardelli, CBS News, 15 Dec. 2020
  • In the upper atmosphere, even stronger winds will overspread as a disturbance in the jet stream passes to our north.
    Washington Post, 26 Mar. 2021
  • Showers will overspread the state midday and should become heavy at times during the afternoon and evening hours.
    courant.com, 27 Nov. 2020
  • Today (Thursday): Sunshine should start the day as thin high clouds overspread the area but the lower clouds increase by later in the morning.
    David Streit, Washington Post, 4 May 2017
  • Moderate to heavy rain will continue to overspread North Texas through the morning hours.
    Dallas News, 18 Mar. 2020
  • There won’t be any sun as clouds dominate, and an area of rain will overspread the region, soaking anyone who plans to be outside.
    BostonGlobe.com, 28 Oct. 2019
  • Widespread rain will develop and overspread the area on Monday.
    Dallas News, 29 Mar. 2020
  • Snow would overspread the region Sunday afternoon but the rain-snow line would quickly shift north and west to the city by early Sunday night.
    Washington Post, 12 Jan. 2022
  • The fourth nor’easter in less than three weeks gets underway with light snow overspreading the region Wednesday morning.
    Gary Lessor, courant.com, 20 Mar. 2018
  • Tomorrow night: Partly cloudy skies overspread the area.
    Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 17 Oct. 2020
  • Clouds will lower and thicken during the day before snow overspreads the region Monday night.
    Hartford Courant, courant.com, 11 Mar. 2018
  • High pressure will move to our east by Saturday, allowing milder air to overspread the region.
    Tom Skilling, chicagotribune.com, 13 Mar. 2018
  • The upward motion would arrive from the west over the Gulf of Mexico first before overspreading the rest of the tropical Atlantic.
    Matthew Cappucci, Washington Post, 12 Sep. 2019
  • Plants and animals are all responding to the loss of light and the noticeable splash of color will continue to overspread the region in the next several weeks.
    BostonGlobe.com, 20 Sep. 2021
  • Snow will then overspread the region, including Greater Cincinnati.
    Sarah Brookbank, The Enquirer, 20 Apr. 2021
  • Forecasters at the National Weather Service said a chilly rain will overspread the region in the afternoon.
    Emily Sweeney, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Apr. 2018
  • As that storm approaches, rain will overspread the area, especially later this evening.
    Dave Epstein, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Jan. 2023
  • Showers will overspread the region Wednesday evening and a thunderstorm or two is possible.
    Hartford Courant, courant.com, 26 June 2018
  • In such a scenario, light rain or snow would overspread the area Sunday afternoon and continue, at times, into Monday morning.
    Wes Junker and Jason Samenow, Washington Post, 8 Mar. 2018
  • In general, rainfall will overspread Greater Boston by sunrise Friday and become steady and heavy.
    Dave Epstein, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Dec. 2022
  • Rain will overspread the regions late Sunday afternoon and continue overnight.
    Dave Epstein, BostonGlobe.com, 10 June 2022
  • High pressure will bring mostly sunny skies across Connecticut Saturday morning, but clouds from a storm system to the southwest will start to overspread the region during the afternoon.
    courant.com, 22 Nov. 2019
  • Strong southwest winds are to become established by Tuesday, allowing a surge of humid, 80-degree air to overspread the region, including lakeshore areas.
    Tom Skilling, chicagotribune.com, 13 May 2017
  • Original forecast through this evening posted at 2:30 p.m.:Snow and sleet is overspreading the region this afternoon but should mostly melt with temperatures above freezing.
    Angela Fritz, Washington Post, 17 Feb. 2018

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