allover
Americanadjective
noun
Etymology
Origin of allover
Example Sentences
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There’s an allover quality to most of them; only rarely does he suggest a figure-ground relationship.
From New York Times • Nov. 3, 2022
Each picture is free-form yet impeccably controlled, whether the heathered, allover “Winter Roses” or the smoldering “Vespers,” dominated by half of a sun-like yellow-and-orange circle.
From Washington Post • Feb. 8, 2022
Go back to the future with the oversize Fendi Technicolor FS Fendi Fashion Show sunglasses with a single silver-mirrored lens with an allover FF logo.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 16, 2021
The selection includes finished tables as well as prototypes presented as wall pieces; in the latter, the piano shape can be a ghostly figure that barely emerges from the allover design.
From Washington Post • Jul. 28, 2021
By eight o’clock, the deliveries will start arriving—chains from allover the country and all around the globe.
From "Linked" by Gordon Korman
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