overshadow
verb (used with object)
to be more important or significant by comparison.
were overshadowing
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past progressiveof overshadow.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Provincial elections in Quebec, a center of the Canadian dairy industry, also were overshadowing the talks.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 30, 2018
"Why you should learn to think of these things without so much terror, Jane," he said, in a voice full of tenderness, but still sad, as if some unconquerable presentiment were overshadowing him.
From The Old Homestead by Ann S. (Ann Sophia) Stephens
The dark clouds which hung yet over the future of Napoleon Bonaparte, the lieutenant of artillery, were gathering in heavier and heavier masses over all France, and already were overshadowing the throne of the lilies.
From Empress Josephine An historical sketch of the days of Napoleon by L. (Luise) Mühlbach
But every day he came; and when the sky was clear he sang his merry song; and even when the clouds were overshadowing he could not help uttering little trills of melody.
From John Gayther's Garden and the Stories Told Therein by Frank Richard Stockton
Like a towering thunder-cloud that casts its sickly green over all about, so these unknown influences were overshadowing all the lives around him.
From The Wilderness Trail by Frank Williams
