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How to use overcast in a sentence

17 example sentences · noun, adjective, verb

Overcast means a cloud covering all of the sky from horizon to horizon. Example: “The sky was dark and overcast, a leaden pall producing a deep gloom.”

More sentences with overcast

  • The sky was dark and overcast, a leaden pall producing a deep gloom.From the entry leaden
  • The sky is overcast for the most part.From the entry for the most part
  • Cloudwise, it will be densely overcast tomorrow.From the entry cloudwise
  • Although the day was lightly overcast, Gulliver wore a torn large-brimmed straw hat.2015, Maureen Earl, Gulliver Quick: A Novel, →ISBN. From the entry straw hat
  • The afternoon had turned overcast and sultry, and Sawrey drowsed in the growing July heat.2005, Susan Wittig Albert, “Sarah Barwick Makes a Mess”, in The Tale of Holly How (The Cottage Tales of Beatrix Potter; 2), New York…. From the entry thunderfly
  • A steady snow was falling in the morning at Zhangjiakou, and overcast skies threatened snow flurries in Yanqing and Beijing.2022 February 11, Remy Tumin, “A Beijing Games first: Real snow in Zhangjiakou.”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the…. From the entry Zhangjiakou
  • However, the next day dawned ominously with an overcast sky and we postponed our start till 8 o'clock.1999, Harish Kapadia, “Accident and Rescue in the Nanda Devi Sanctuary”, in Across Peaks & Passes in Kumaun Himalaya, New Delhi: Indus…. From the entry ominously
  • One never gets angry at a cloudcast sky, because to be overcast is not the true nature of the sky.1999, Madan Gopal Chitkara, Encyclopaedia of Buddhism: A World Faith: Bodhisattva and Selflessness V. 14, →ISBN. From the entry cloudcast
  • It is other factors that make it overcast.1999, Madan Gopal Chitkara, Encyclopaedia of Buddhism: A World Faith: Bodhisattva and Selflessness V. 14, →ISBN. From the entry cloudcast
  • We began our six-day visit to China in Beijing on a cloudy, overcast morning following another overnight stopover on Guam.1990, Ronald Reagan, “Staying the Course”, in An American Life, Pocket Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 369. From the entry Guam
  • After M. de Kercadiou came M. de Vilmorin, very pale and self-contained, with tight lips and an overcast brow.1921, Rafael Sabatini, chapter II, in Scaramouche. From the entry tight lips
  • Yellow patch, sometimes called cool-temperature brown patch, develops during prolonged cool (50-65°F; 10-18°C), overcast, and moist periods from late autumn to early spring.2013, Thomas L. Watschke, Peter H. Dernoeden, David J. Shetlar, Managing Turfgrass Pests, →ISBN, page 97. From the entry yellow patch
  • The overcast was solid, great plates of corrugated iron fused from horizon to horizon, and the streets glistened in the rain: a metallic futureworld.2007 April 16, Robert D. Mcfadden, “East Coast Storm Breaks Rainfall Records”, in New York Times. From the entry futureworld
  • One overcast morning, a spring tease in the air, I hop the tube to King’s Cross Station, then walk a few hundred yards to the university’s Hogwartsian campus.2016, Eric Weiner, The Geography of Genius: Lessons from the World’s Most Creative Places, Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, →ISBN, page 3. From the entry Hogwartsian
  • At an overcast Eton Dorney, roared on by a capacity crowd including Prince Harry and Prince William, the volume rose as they entered the final stages.2012 August 1, Owen Gibson, London 2012: rowers Glover and Stanning win Team GB's first gold medal, Guardian Unlimited. From the entry capacity crowd
  • A thousand gay and pleasant hours are wasted in ill-humor; we let them slip by unenjoyed, and sigh for them in vain when the sky is overcast.a. 1900, T. Bailey Saunders, M.A., Counsels and Maxims. From the entry unenjoyed
  • This rainy season is characterized by the abundant precipitation, high relative humidity, cloudy or overcast, short daily duration of sunshine, weak surface wind, and the frequent occurrence of heavy rainfalls.1991 December, Ding Yihui, “The Short-range Fluctuations of Monsoons and Their Association with the Major Weather Events in China”, in…. From the entry plum rains

Meaning of overcast

  1. noun A cloud covering all of the sky from horizon to horizon.
  2. noun An outcast.
  3. noun A place where one roadway crosses another, specifically where an airway was built across the top of another airway for ventilation purposes.

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Questions about overcast in a sentence

How do you use overcast in a sentence?
Overcast is used as a noun, adjective and verb. For example: “The sky was dark and overcast, a leaden pall producing a deep gloom.”
What is a short sentence with overcast?
“Cloudwise, it will be densely overcast tomorrow.”
What does overcast mean?
Overcast means a cloud covering all of the sky from horizon to horizon.

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