overshade
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Origin of overshade
Example Sentences
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A superiority naturally seems to overshade us, and presents a disagreeable comparison.
From A Treatise of Human Nature by Hume, David
A cloud had settled on the child's vivid little face and threatened to overshade the childlier child, as well.
From Miss Theodosia's Heartstrings by Donnell, Annie Hamilton
The Night doth never overshade this Land, for the light of a Pure and Serene Sky keeps it constantly bright.
From The Purgatory of St. Patrick by MacCarthy, Denis Florence
This is a most romantic spot; large oak and walnut trees overshade the stream, which higher up flows over a rocky bed; nearer the village are some olive plantations in the Wady.
From Travels in Syria and the Holy Land by Burckhardt, John Lewis
Yet still the veil I must obey, Which, whatsoe'er the aspect of the day, Thine eyes' fair radiance hides, my life to overshade.
From The Sonnets, Triumphs, and Other Poems of Petrarch by Campbell, Thomas
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