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Example sentences for "overshadowed"

Lexicographically close words:
overseers; oversees; overset; oversetting; overshadow; overshadowing; overshadows; overshoes; overshoot; overshot
  1. A crucifix fastened High on the trunk of the tree, and overshadowed by grape-vines, Looked with its agonized face on the multitude kneeling beneath it.

  2. Dark and neglected locks overshadowed his brow, and a sadness Somewhat beyond his years on his face was legibly written.

  3. On one side of the hut there was a hog-pen and a small stable for a cow; but on the other the trees of the virgin forest, which had never been disturbed in that glen, overshadowed the roof.

  4. Whatever contempt he felt for the antiques of the tradesmen was overshadowed by the solemnity with which the evidence of the passing centuries impressed him.

  5. It was soon overshadowed by Susanna Rowson's extremely popular "Charlotte" in 1790.

  6. We has long overshadowed "I" What a man hates in adversity is to see 'faces' What else is so consolatory to a ruined man?

  7. The leaves and the bunches of swelling fruit hid her from sight of the highway, overshadowed at that point by a great bay tree.

  8. It was long before she admitted this as a cause of irritation; once admitted, it overshadowed all her other complaints against life.

  9. The two sisters were buried side by side, the same tree overshadowed them, and in the course of time the flowers that blossomed on one grave crept over the other.

  10. It is not to be imagined that this gigantic structure which overshadowed Christendom was allowed to establish itself wholly without opposition, despite the favor of popes and kings.

  11. A modest chapel and cloisters would be provided, which grew till it overshadowed the parish church and was filled at its expense.

  12. Gradually it drew near, partially obscured the sky, and overshadowed the smoking-box in the form of Angus Macdonald, the father of Ian.

  13. This she fastened to a large iron ring in the side of the hut, and attached the other end to a thick tree whose branches overshadowed it.

  14. Until now overshadowed by indifference, or darkened by grief, she appeared suddenly illumined by a brilliant ray of sunshine.

  15. She had no clew, however, of what was toward, how terrible a danger overshadowed her.

  16. The storm in his own breast was so great that it overshadowed the storm brewing above.

  17. Ang íyang panganduy alúngan sa kahadluk, His hopes are overshadowed by fear.

  18. Gwápa siya apan naalum-uman siya ni Tidang, She is beautiful, but she is overshadowed by Tidang.

  19. Ang kaanyag sa rayna nahawngan sa dáma, The beauty queen was far overshadowed by the runner-up.

  20. Industrial types of society developed; and a state-religion overshadowed the ancient and exclusive local cults.

  21. After visiting the pyritous marls of the Rio Juagua, we continued following the course of the crevice, which stretches along like a narrow canal overshadowed by very lofty trees.

  22. It surpassed the other cities of Kublai, as much as these overshadowed the Rome or Venice of the thirteenth century.

  23. As already said, the causeway is in part overshadowed by the cliff, and within this shadow keeps the person approaching.

  24. He might have been anxious if he had known anything about them, or had been capable of imagining any such clouds as those which overshadowed his good name in the lively imagination of Carlingford.

  25. A consciousness as of something about to happen overshadowed even the "district," and attracted the keen observation of the lively spectators at Wharfside.

  26. They are thickly grown over by sedge and osiers, and overshadowed by taller trees; between them, the channels of shining water, half hidden half revealed, gain all the charm of elusiveness.

  27. The houses rise high and are irregular; those in the main street recede from the water as they leave the bridge, and between them and the stream are innumerable others, some with gardens, some overshadowed by trees.

  28. But, unhappily, these were overshadowed by others of a conflicting nature, and though he did not array himself as a champion of Rationalism, he proved himself one of the strongest promoters of its reign.

  29. The last, overshadowed by the mantle of the law, stands but partially revealed.

  30. By this time the jeering of his fellow-townsmen had so overshadowed the tyro's modicum of good sense that he turned savagely on his protector and ordered him to leave the ring.

  31. It was not his wont to notice such things; but to-night he was stirred out of his phlegmatic indifference to a very vivid and human interest in the concerns of these people, whose lives were overshadowed by a tremendous crisis.

  32. It was as though his life were accursed and the curse of his misfortune overshadowed her.

  33. Everything seemed fair and smiling around him, and no eye could see the cloud that overshadowed him but his own.

  34. Sir Henry Leyton pressed the old gentleman's hand in his, with much emotion; for the prospect seemed brightening to him, and the dark clouds which had so long overshadowed his course appeared to be breaking away.

  35. Then, again, he turned his eyes to the circumstances in which Edith's father was placed, and asked himself, what could be the mystery which so terribly overshadowed him?

  36. He had travelled for some hours, and the sun was beginning to slope towards a range of blue hills in the west, when he came to the margin of a fresh rivulet, overshadowed by feathery willows and the quivering leaves of silvery Italian poplars.

  37. By the banks was a rustic seat, half overshadowed by the drooping boughs of a vast willow.


  38. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "overshadowed" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.